col.search
mock data$0.001 / callSearch Species in Catalogue of Life
Search the Catalogue of Life (COL) for species, genera, families, and other taxa by scientific or common name. COL is the most comprehensive global index of known species, covering ~10 million extant and extinct taxa assembled from 600+ peer-reviewed checklists. Returns paginated results including taxon ID, scientific name with authorship, rank, taxonomic status (accepted/synonym), higher classification (kingdom through genus), and English vernacular names where available. Filter by taxonomic rank (SPECIES, GENUS, FAMILY, ORDER, CLASS, PHYLUM, KINGDOM) or status (accepted, synonym) to narrow results. Use the returned taxon ID with col.species.detail to retrieve full details, or col.species.children to list child taxa. Data is CC BY 4.0; cite as "Catalogue of Life (COL)" with the access date.
Input schema
Restrict results to a specific taxonomic rank. One of: KINGDOM, PHYLUM, CLASS, ORDER, SUPERFAMILY, FAMILY, TRIBE, GENUS, SPECIES, SUBSPECIES, VARIETY, FORM.
Maximum number of results to return (1–50, default 10).
Scientific or common name to search (e.g. "Homo sapiens", "Pinus sylvestris", "oak"). Partial names and genus-level queries are supported.
Zero-based pagination offset for retrieving additional result pages (default 0).
Filter by taxonomic status. Use "accepted" to return only currently accepted names, "synonym" for synonyms, or omit to return all.
Call via REST
curl -X POST https://unifyapi.pro/api/call/col.search \
-H "Authorization: Bearer uak_live_..." \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"rank":"<rank>","limit":0,"query":"<query>","offset":0,"status":"<status>"}'