Recent iNaturalist observations near a location API

Most-recent citizen-science wildlife observations within a radius of a lat/lon from iNaturalist, normalized to clean records (scientific + common name, iconic taxon, quality grade, coordinates, link) with a taxon mix and research-grade count. Answers 'what's been spotted near here lately', 'recent bird/insect/plant sightings around this point'.

Price$0.01per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/science/inaturalist-observations

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit60/minute

Cache3600s public

scienceinaturalistobservationswildlifebiodiversitycitizen-sciencegeonature

API URLhttps://x402.hexl.dev/v1/science/inaturalist-observations

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "latitude": 37.77,
  "longitude": -122.42,
  "radiusKm": 10,
  "limit": 5
}

Example response

{
  "query": {
    "latitude": 37.77,
    "longitude": -122.42,
    "radiusKm": 10
  },
  "totalObservationsInArea": 761398,
  "returned": 5,
  "researchGradeReturned": 0,
  "taxonMix": {
    "Unknown": 1,
    "Aves": 2,
    "Insecta": 2
  },
  "records": [
    {
      "id": 368497681,
      "scientificName": null,
      "commonName": null,
      "rank": null,
      "iconicTaxon": null,
      "qualityGrade": "needs_id",
      "observedOn": "2026-06-04",
      "place": "San Francisco County, San Francisco, CA, USA",
      "latitude": 37.8133292,
      "longitude": -122.4136321,
      "url": "https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/368497681"
    },
    {
      "id": 368497369,
      "scientificName": "Larus occidentalis",
      "commonName": "Western Gull",
      "rank": "species",
      "iconicTaxon": "Aves",
      "qualityGrade": "needs_id",
      "observedOn": "2026-06-04",
      "place": "San Francisco County, San Francisco, CA, USA",
      "latitude": 37.8133292,
      "longitude": -122.4136321,
      "url": "https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/368497369"
    },
    {
      "id": 368495828,
      "scientificName": "Arhopalus",
      "commonName": null,
      "rank": "genus",
      "iconicTaxon": "Insecta",
      "qualityGrade": "needs_id",
      "observedOn": "2026-06-04",
      "place": "Cornwall St, San Francisco, CA, US",
      "latitude": 37.7846936469,
      "longitude": -122.4635059129,
      "url": "https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/368495828"
    }
  ]
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "latitude",
    "longitude"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "latitude": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "longitude": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "radiusKm": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 50,
      "default": 10
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 50,
      "default": 20
    },
    "researchGradeOnly": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "default": false
    }
  }
}

Output schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": true
}