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Entity Type

Observation

An occurrence record in the GBIF database, representing an observation or specimen of a species at a specific location and time.

Note: This description is from one example dataset and may not represent all uses of this type.

Attributes

changeTypechangeExtentchangeRatetimePerioddeforestationurbanizationagricultural expansionnatural disturbancesIntra-cloud lightningCloud-to-ground lightningOptical wavelengthBird CountTimeLocationProbabilityobservationIDdatemediaobserveroccurrenceIDbasisOfRecordscientificNametaxonRankkingdomphylumclassorderfamilygenusspecificEpithetinfraspecificEpithetdateIdentifiedrecordedByoccurrenceStatusindividualCountpublishingOrgKeydecimalLatitudedecimalLongitudecoordinateUncertaintyInMeterseventDatedaymonthyearidentificationIDidentifiersidentificationRemarkslicensespeciesIdlocationrecordTypecommentstreatmentTypeapplicationMethodapplicationRateTimestampsCoordinatesAdditional sensor data (e.g., acceleration, temperature)surveyIDsurveyDatesurveyLocationsurveyTypesurveyDataSpecies nameDateObserverfuelLoadfuelMoisturetopographydroughthumanActivity

Relationships

Outgoing Relationships

Relationships that start from Observation:

Incoming Relationships

Relationships that point to Observation:

Found in 14 Datasets

Terrain, Soils & Geology

USGS TopoView (Historical USGS topos)

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Remote Sensing

Landsat Collection 2 (USGS)

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Remote Sensing

Harmonized Landsat–Sentinel (HLS, NASA LP DAAC)

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Remote Sensing

NOAA GOES Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM)

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Biodiversity & Species

eBird (APIs & data portals)

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Biodiversity & Species

BirdCast – Migration Dashboards

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Biodiversity & Species

iNaturalist – API & Exports

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Biodiversity & Species

GBIF Occurrence Download

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Biodiversity & Species

NY iMapInvasives

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Biodiversity & Species

Macaulay Library (Cornell Lab)

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Animal Tracking & Ecology

Movebank – R package vignette

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Invasives & Aquatics

Adirondack Research – AIS Surveys (ADKRES)

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eDNA / Integrations

iMapInvasives + iNaturalist (integration note)

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Hazards & Risk

USDA Wildfire Archive

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