iNaturalist observation ID
ID inaturalist_observation_id
DatatypeNot PIIidentifierDraft
This record is a draft: it has not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong. Do not rely on it for compliance decisions. Help improve it (see CONTRIBUTING.md).
Number of an observation on iNaturalist: one record of an organism at a place and time, with its photos and identifications. In November 2026 the highest id is above 413 million. A bare number: recognize it only with column context.
- Categories
- Environment (protected areas, biodiversity, water, weather, emissions, waste), Scientific
- Countries
- Global (not tied to a country)
- Languages
- Common to most languages
- Bioregistry
inaturalist.observation- Wikidata
- P5683
- Quality
- 90/100 · missing: detector coverage
- Metacrafter rules
- no detection rule yet
- Supported by tools
- no tool record lists this type yet
Regular expression
^[1-9]\d*$
Python re syntax.
Examples
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| 36010371 | Salamandra salamandra in the Jura, 2019; Bioregistry example, iNaturalist API |
| 2932016 | Holotype observation of Asproinocybe daleyae, New Zealand; Wikidata, iNaturalist API |
| https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/36010371 invalid | Full URL; the id is the number alone |
Translations
| Language | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Russian | Идентификатор наблюдения iNaturalist | Номер наблюдения на платформе iNaturalist — записи об организме в определённом месте и времени с фотографиями и определениями. |
Sources
- doc: https://api.inaturalist.org/v1/docs/
- doc: https://bioregistry.io/registry/inaturalist.observation
- wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5683
Use this record
- Page URL:
https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/inaturalist_observation_id - JSON: API v1 · legacy shape (used by metacrafter) · Markdown (for LLMs)
- Improve it: edit
data/datatypes/any/environment/inaturalist_observation_id.yamlon GitHub