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search_species

Search for a species/taxon by Norwegian popular name or scientific name.

Signature: search_species(term: string, required; taxon_group_id: integer, optional, default None; status: string, optional, default None; limit: integer, items, optional, default 15; offset: integer, items, optional, default 0)

Direct GET

For navigating agents: open the HTML page with parameters in the URL. The result is fetched and displayed without screenshots or form filling.

Open this validated HTML GET URL

https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/kilder/artskart/search_species/?term={term}&taxon_group_id={taxon_group_id}&status={status}&limit=15&offset=0

Replace {term}, {taxon_group_id}, {status}, {limit} with values. Remove unused optional parameters from the URL.

For software and dashboards: Read the operation descriptor. The JSON GET template is https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/artskart/search_species?term={term}&taxon_group_id={taxon_group_id}&status={status}&limit=15&offset=0. Open this exact request as JSON.

ParameterRequirementJSON typeDescription
termrequiredstringSearch text, e.g. "elg" or "Alces alces".
taxon_group_idoptionalunionOptional taxon group id to narrow the search (ids from list_reference_codes("taxongroup")).
statusoptionalunionOptional redlist/alien-species status code to filter by, e.g. "cr", "en", "hi" (codes from list_reference_codes("status")).
limitoptionalintegerMax results, default 15. Unit: items.
offsetoptionalintegerNumber of list items to skip; default 0.
Generated JavaScript, Python and response structure

Use JSON when the user requests code, machine-readable data, value extraction or further computation. Use the HTML GET page to identify the correct source and verify parameters.

Example for generated JavaScript and Python

https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/artskart/search_species?term={term}&taxon_group_id={taxon_group_id}&status={status}&limit=15&offset=0

Replace URL placeholders and remove unused optional parameters.

JavaScript in a dashboard

const url = "https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/artskart/search_species?term={term}&taxon_group_id={taxon_group_id}&status={status}&limit=15&offset=0";
const response = await fetch(url);
if (!response.ok) {
  const failure = await response.json();
  throw new Error(`${failure.error.code}: ${failure.error.message} ${failure.suggestion}`);
}
const result = await response.json();
const data = result.data;

Python without additional packages

import json
from urllib.request import urlopen

url = "https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/artskart/search_species?term={term}&taxon_group_id={taxon_group_id}&status={status}&limit=15&offset=0"
with urlopen(url) as response:
    result = json.load(response)
data = result["data"]

Response structure

{
  "source": "artskart",
  "operation": "search_species",
  "parameters": {},
  "data": {},
  "entities": [],
  "_meta": {"retrieved_at": "...", "sources": [], "cache": {}},
  "_links": {"self": "...", "source": "...", "wiki": "...", "feedback": "..."}
}
Form for manual use

The form is a fallback for people and browser agents that cannot open the GET URL directly.

Type: string. Search text, e.g. "elg" or "Alces alces".
Type: integer. Optional taxon group id to narrow the search (ids from list_reference_codes("taxongroup")).
Type: string. Optional redlist/alien-species status code to filter by, e.g. "cr", "en", "hi" (codes from list_reference_codes("status")).
Type: integer. Max results, default 15. Unit: items.

Result

Source: Artskart species data. Retrieved 2026-10-23T17:47:32Z in 0.558 seconds.

Showing 5 of 5 results in compact format.

  1. status:
    NT
  2. status:
    NE
  3. status:
    EN
  4. status:
    NE
  5. status:
    EN
Show all fields in HTML

5 results

  1. taxon_id:
    63627
    scientific_name:
    Saxifraga osloënsis
    authorship:
    Knaben
    popular_name:
    oslosildre
    taxon_group:
    Karplanter
    taxon_group_id:
    19
    parent_taxon_id:
    63605
    exists_in_norway:
    yes
    status:
    NT
    kingdom:
    Plantae
    phylum:
    Magnoliophyta
    class:
    Eudicots
    order:
    Saxifragales
    family:
    Saxifragaceae
    genus:
    Saxifraga
    species:
    osloënsis
    subspecies:
    not reported by source
  2. taxon_id:
    78175
    scientific_name:
    Euphrasia aff. salisburgensis
    authorship:
    not reported by source
    popular_name:
    osloøyentrøst
    taxon_group:
    Karplanter
    taxon_group_id:
    19
    parent_taxon_id:
    62380
    exists_in_norway:
    no
    status:
    NE
    kingdom:
    Plantae
    phylum:
    Magnoliophyta
    class:
    Eudicots
    order:
    Lamiales
    family:
    Orobanchaceae
    genus:
    Euphrasia
    species:
    salisburgensis
    subspecies:
    not reported by source
  3. taxon_id:
    41153
    scientific_name:
    Acarospora impressula
    authorship:
    Th. Fr.
    popular_name:
    oslosprekklav
    taxon_group:
    Lav
    taxon_group_id:
    37
    parent_taxon_id:
    41070
    exists_in_norway:
    yes
    status:
    EN
    kingdom:
    Fungi
    phylum:
    Ascomycota
    class:
    Lecanoromycetes
    order:
    Acarosporales
    family:
    Acarosporaceae
    genus:
    Acarospora
    species:
    impressula
    subspecies:
    not reported by source
  4. taxon_id:
    47029
    scientific_name:
    Micarea osloensis
    authorship:
    (Th. Fr.) Hedl.
    popular_name:
    oslopuslelav
    taxon_group:
    Lav
    taxon_group_id:
    37
    parent_taxon_id:
    46979
    exists_in_norway:
    yes
    status:
    NE
    kingdom:
    Fungi
    phylum:
    Ascomycota
    class:
    Lecanoromycetes
    order:
    Lecanorales
    family:
    Micareaceae
    genus:
    Micarea
    species:
    osloensis
    subspecies:
    not reported by source
  5. taxon_id:
    225066
    scientific_name:
    Cortinarius osloensis
    authorship:
    Brandrud, T.S. Jeppesen & Frøslev
    popular_name:
    osloslørsopp
    taxon_group:
    Sopper
    taxon_group_id:
    9
    parent_taxon_id:
    221449
    exists_in_norway:
    yes
    status:
    EN
    kingdom:
    Fungi
    phylum:
    Basidiomycota
    class:
    Agaricomycetes
    order:
    Agaricales
    family:
    Cortinariaceae
    genus:
    Cortinarius
    species:
    osloensis
    subspecies:
    not reported by source
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How an AI agent should use this page

Ground rule: Navigate with HTML GET links to keep explanations and relationships. Use the page's JSON alternative only when concrete values must be extracted, compared or computed.

How to use the search_species lookup

  1. Replace the placeholders in the HTML GET template; remove optional parameters you do not need.
  2. Check types, units, limits and ID formats in the parameter table.
  3. Follow linked results to canonical pages before combining sources.

Misreading to avoid: An empty list means "no results for this lookup". An error message or unavailable source does not mean the data does not exist.

Source-specific next step

Go to the source page for other operations. Use the JSON template only after the HTML result shows that the parameters and source are correct.

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