---
id: "inaturalist_observation_id"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["environment", "science"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 90
url: "https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/inaturalist_observation_id"
---

# iNaturalist observation ID (`inaturalist_observation_id`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

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.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Environment (protected areas, biodiversity, water, weather, emissions, waste) (environment), Scientific (science)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^[1-9]\d*$
```

## Examples

- `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 example) — Full URL; the id is the number alone

## Mappings

- bioregistry: `inaturalist.observation`
- wikidata: `P5683`

## Translations

- ru: 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>

## Quality

Score 90/100. Missing: detector coverage.

JSON: <https://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/inaturalist_observation_id.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/environment/inaturalist_observation_id.yaml>