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

# iNaturalist taxon ID (`inaturalist_taxon_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 a taxon of any rank, from kingdom to subspecies, in iNaturalist, the citizen-science platform for biodiversity observations; 1 is the kingdom Animalia. In November 2026 the highest id is about 1.7 million. Curators edit the taxonomy, so check the name behind an id. 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{0,6}$
```

## Examples

- `21723` — Atelopus zeteki (Panamanian golden frog); Wikidata and Bioregistry example
- `1` — Animalia (animals); Wikidata example
- `https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/21723` (invalid example) — Full URL; the id is the number alone

## Mappings

- bioregistry: `inaturalist.taxon`
- wikidata: `P3151`

## Translations

- ru: Идентификатор таксона iNaturalist: Номер таксона любого ранга на платформе гражданской науки iNaturalist. Таксономию правят кураторы, поэтому название за номером стоит проверять.

## Sources

- doc: <https://api.inaturalist.org/v1/docs/>
- doc: <https://bioregistry.io/registry/inaturalist.taxon>
- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INaturalist>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3151>

## Quality

Score 90/100. Missing: detector coverage.

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