Global Biodiversity Information Facility occurrence records for Maharashtra and the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot. Contains millions of georeferenced species observations from herbaria, museums, citizen science (iNaturalist), and field surveys.
# Download from https://www.gbif.org/
import pandas as pd
df = pd.read_csv('gbif_western_ghats.csv', sep='\t')
print(f'Occurrences: {len(df)}')
print(f'Species: {df["species"].nunique()}')| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| gbifID | integer | Unique GBIF occurrence identifier |
| scientificName | string | Full scientific name of the organism |
| decimalLatitude | float | Latitude of observation (WGS84) |
| decimalLongitude | float | Longitude of observation (WGS84) |
| eventDate | date | Date the observation was recorded |
| basisOfRecord | string | Type of record (HUMAN_OBSERVATION, PRESERVED_SPECIMEN, etc.) |
| kingdom | string | Taxonomic kingdom (Plantae, Animalia, Fungi, etc.) |
| datasetName | string | Name of the contributing dataset |