iNaturalist — Community Species Observations
iNaturalist is the world's largest general-purpose citizen-science biodiversity platform — a joint initiative of the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society. Observers submit photo/audio-backed species occurrences; community identification raises records to "Research Grade" (community consensus on a verifiable taxon), which are then auto-pushed to GBIF on a near-daily cadence. The single largest contributor of citizen-science records to GBIF; covers all taxonomic kingdoms (vs eBird's birds-only scope) and is the de-facto global pollinator/plant/fungi/herpetofauna observation feed.
| Provider | iNaturalist (joint initiative of California Academy of Sciences and National Geographic Society) |
|---|---|
| Type | citizen |
| CNR score | 80 |
| Origin | https://www.inaturalist.org/ |
| Provider URL | https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/about |