io.github.cyanheads/inaturalist-mcp-server

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Publisher-provided description

Search iNaturalist sightings, identification threads, phenology, and look-alike species.

Summary by lookupd

Lets an agent search wildlife sightings, identification threads, phenology histograms, observer rankings, and look-alike species from…

Install

Claude Code, remote (streamable-http)

claude mcp add --transport http inaturalist-mcp-server https://inaturalist.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Claude Code, npm package (stdio)

claude mcp add inaturalist-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/inaturalist-mcp-server

Claude Code, npm package (stdio)

claude mcp add inaturalist-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/inaturalist-mcp-server

Codex, remote (streamable-http)

codex mcp add inaturalist-mcp-server --url https://inaturalist.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Codex, npm package (stdio)

codex mcp add inaturalist-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/inaturalist-mcp-server

Codex, npm package (stdio)

codex mcp add inaturalist-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/inaturalist-mcp-server

Cursor, remote (streamable-http) → .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "inaturalist-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://inaturalist.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cursor, npm package (stdio) → .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "inaturalist-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/inaturalist-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Cursor, npm package (stdio) → .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "inaturalist-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/inaturalist-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Tools (10 tools)

Publisher-provided text

• inaturalist_list_reference Look up annotation attributes/values, quality grades, licences, ranks, iconic taxa, and conservation codes before filtering; unknown values can silently return
• inaturalist_resolve_name Resolve organism, place, project, or observer names to identifiers. Taxon lookup matches word starts within a name, not only its beginning; other types use cros
• inaturalist_find_places Resolve a place name to a place id, or list places covering a map area. Pass q to match a display-name prefix or all analyzed query terms within it, or all four
• inaturalist_search_observations Search georeferenced wildlife sightings by area, date, taxon, quality grade, annotation, conservation status, observer, project, and licence. Returns a projecte
• inaturalist_get_observation Fetch up to 10 distinct observations by id with their community identification thread — who identified what, whether each identification agrees, and the consens
• inaturalist_get_species_counts Rank leaf taxa recorded in an area and period, most-observed first. Includes hybrids and coarser identifications; subspecies roll up to their species. An area i
• inaturalist_get_histogram Build a phenology histogram for a taxon in an area — which months, weeks, or years it is recorded in. The default month_of_year interval answers "when does this
• inaturalist_get_leaderboard Rank the most active observers or identifiers for an area, period, and taxon — who knows this place or this group. kind selects which: observers are ranked by h
• inaturalist_get_similar_species List related taxa ranked by observations carrying current identifications of both taxa. This is co-identification evidence, not a directional correction count o
• inaturalist_get_taxon Fetch a taxon profile: the taxonomic path, per-authority conservation listings, the encyclopedia summary, the photo gallery, immediate children, and observation

Changes

Newest first, as lookupd saw them

• 2026-11-11: version 0.3.2 → 0.3.3

Details

• Version: 0.3.3
• Transports: streamable-http, stdio
• Uptime (7 days): 100%
• Median latency: 800 ms
• First indexed: 2026-11-01T09:26:07.396Z
• Last seen in registry: 2026-11-11T17:17:20.212Z
• Repository: https://github.com/cyanheads/inaturalist-mcp-server

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