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

# IUCN Red List taxon ID (`iucn_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 in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species; the Red List web pages and API address taxa by it. A bare number of up to nine digits: 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{0,8}$
```

## Examples

- `6736` — Discus macclintocki; Wikidata example
- `40966` — Acharagma aguirreanum; Wikidata example
- `15951` — Panthera leo (lion); Wikidata
- `15951.0` (invalid example) — Spreadsheet float formatting; the id is an integer

## Mappings

- wikidata: `P627`

## Translations

- ru: Идентификатор таксона в Красном списке МСОП: Номер таксона (вида, подвида или субпопуляции) в Красном списке угрожаемых видов МСОП. Используется в адресах страниц и API Красного списка.

## Sources

- doc: <https://www.iucnredlist.org/>
- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUCN_Red_List>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P627>

## Quality

Score 90/100. Missing: detector coverage.

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