Search observations

Filter by whether positional_accuracy is set or not

Filter by captive / cultivated status

Filter by whether the observation is in a place with a check list entry indicating the establishment means is endemic

Filter by observations that are georeferenced

Filter by observations that have community identifications

Filter by observations of taxa that are introduced in their location

Filter by observations that show on map tiles

Filter by observations of taxa that are native to their location

Filter by observations of taxa that outside their known ranges

Filter by observations with photos

Filter by observations that have been favorited by at least one user

Filter by observations with sounds

Filter by observations of active taxa

Filter by whether the observed taxon has a conservation status of "threatened" or worse

Filter by whether observations are 'verifiable' (i.e. have quality grades research or needs_id)

Include observations with this ID

Exclude observations with this ID

Include observations with this license

Include observations with least one photo with this license

Include observations where the license attribute is not null, i.e. it is licensed

Include observations with at least one photo with a license attribute that is not null

Include observations observed within the place with this ID

Include observations added to the project with this ID or slug

Filter by observers who trust the project(s) specified in project_id OR trust the authenticated viewer

Include observations of taxa with this rank

Include observations affiliated with the iNaturalist network website with this ID

Include observations that have at least one sound with this license

Include observations of this taxon and its descendants

Exclude observations of this taxon and its descendants

Include observations of taxa that have a scientific or common name matching this string

Include observations observed by users that have this ID or login

Include observations observed by users that have this login

Include observations observed within this hour of the day

Include observations observed within this day of the month

Include observations observed within this month

Include observations observed within this year

Include observations created within this day of the month

Include observations created within this month

Include observations created within this year

Include observations with annotations using this controlled term ID

Include observations with annotations using this controlled value ID. Must be combined with the term_id parameter

Exclude observations with annotations using this controlled value ID. Must be combined with the term_id parameter

Include observations with annotations using this controlled term ID and associated term value IDs, or be missing annotations using this controlled term ID. Must be combined with the term_value_id or without_term_value_id parameters

Include observations with an annotation created by this user

Include observations with a positional accuracy above this value (meters)

Include observations with a positional accuracy below this value (meters)

Include observations with a positional accuracy below this value (in meters) or with an unknown positional accuracy

Include observations observed on or after this date/time

Include observations observed on or before this date/time

Include observations created on or after this date/time

Include observations created on or before this date/time

Include observations created on this date

Include observations observed on this date

Exclude observations of taxa previously observed by this user

Include observations that match the rules of the project with this ID or slug

Include observations included in this observation accuracy experiment

Include observations of taxa that have this conservation status code. If the place_id parameter is also specified, this will only consider statuses specific to that place

Include observations of taxa that have a conservation status from this authority. If the place_id parameter is also specified, this will only consider statuses specific to that place

Include observations of taxa that have this IUCN conservation status. If the place_id parameter is also specified, this will only consider statuses specific to that place

Include observations with this geoprivacy setting

Include observations where this is the most conservative geoprivacy applied by a conservation status associated with one of the taxa proposed in the current identifications

Include observations where geoprivacy or taxon_geoprivacy match these values

Include observations of taxa with this rank or lower

Include observations of taxa with this rank or higher

Include observations of taxa within this iconic taxon

Include observations with an ID above this value

Include observations with an ID below this value

Include observations based on level of agreement among identifications:

• most_agree: includes observations where there are more active identifications of taxa that agree with the Observation Taxon than active identifications that disagree with the Observation Taxon
• some_agree: includes observations where there are some active identifications of taxa that agree with the Observation Taxon
• most_disagree: includes observations where there are more active identifications of taxa that disagree with the Observation Taxon than active identifications that agree with the Observation Taxon

Include observations where there is disagreement among active identifications

Include observations within a {radius} kilometer circle around the specified lat/lng parameters

Include observations within a {radius} kilometer circle around the specified lat/lng parameters

Include observations within a {radius} kilometer circle around the specified lat/lng parameters

Include observations within a bounding box specified by the nelat, nelng, swlat, and swlng parameters

Include observations within a bounding box specified by the nelat, nelng, swlat, and swlng parameters

Include observations within a bounding box specified by the nelat, nelng, swlat, and swlng parameters

Include observations within a bounding box specified by the nelat, nelng, swlat, and swlng parameters

Include observations of taxa in a list with this ID

Exclude observations added to the project this ID or slug

Exclude observations that match the rules of the project with this ID or slug

Include observations with a description, tags, or place_guess matching this query. Can be combined with search_on

Include observations where any of these properties match the value of the q parameter

Include observations with this quality grade

Exclude observations that are casual for any reason other than being marked captive

Exclude observations with this observation field

Include observations with outlinks from this source

Include observations updated since this time

Must be combined with the reviewed parameter

Filter by observations reviewed by the user with ID matching the value of the viewer_id parameter

Filter by observations expected to occur nearby their location according to the latest iNaturalist Geomodel

Filter by observations voted as not accurately depicting an organism or scene

Filter by observations voted as not having an accurate date

Filter by observations voted as not evidence of an organism

Filter by observations voted as not having an accurate location

Filter by observations voted as the community ID cannot be improved

Filter by observations voted as not recent evidence of an organism

Filter by observations voted as not having evidence related to a single subject

Filter by observations voted as not wild

Include observations created by users created after a date. Accepts dates with or without times, e.g. 2025-01-01, as well as relative day, month, or year, e.g. 10d, 2w, 1y

Include observations created by users created before a date. Accepts dates with or without times, e.g. 2025-01-01, as well as relative day, month, or year, e.g. 10d, 2w, 1y

Returned taxon common names will be from this locale

Returned taxon common names will prioritize common names from this place

Set the Cache-Control HTTP header with this value as max-age, in seconds. This means subsequent identical requests may be cached on iNaturalist servers, and commonly within web browsers

Pagination page number

Number of results to return in a page

Sort order

Attribute to sort on

Include observations with this ID

Attribute fields to return in the response