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.

Parameter	Requirement	JSON type	Description
`term`	required	string	Search text, e.g. "elg" or "Alces alces".
`taxon_group_id`	optional	union	Optional taxon group id to narrow the search (ids from list_reference_codes("taxongroup")).
`status`	optional	union	Optional redlist/alien-species status code to filter by, e.g. "cr", "en", "hi" (codes from list_reference_codes("status")).
`limit`	optional	integer	Max results, default 15. Unit: items.
`offset`	optional	integer	Number 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.

Result

Source: Artskart species data. Retrieved 2026-09-24T20:12:01Z in 0.124 seconds.

Showing 9 of 9 results in compact format.

status:
NA
status:
LO
status:
NR
status:
NE
status:
EN
status:
LC
status:
LO
status:
LO
status:
VU,LO

Show all fields in HTML

9 results

taxon_id:
26605
scientific_name:
Sphyraena sphyraena
authorship:
(Linnaeus, 1758)
popular_name:
europeisk barrakuda
taxon_group:
Fisker
taxon_group_id:
50
parent_taxon_id:
26604
exists_in_norway:
yes
status:
NA
kingdom:
Animalia
phylum:
Chordata
class:
Actinopterygii
order:
Perciformes
family:
Sphyraenidae
genus:
Sphyraena
species:
sphyraena
subspecies:
not reported by source
taxon_id:
1613
scientific_name:
Emys orbicularis
authorship:
(Linnaeus, 1758)
popular_name:
europeisk sumpskilpadde
taxon_group:
Amfibier, reptiler
taxon_group_id:
12
parent_taxon_id:
1612
exists_in_norway:
yes
status:
LO
kingdom:
Animalia
phylum:
Chordata
class:
Reptilia
order:
Testudines
family:
Emydidae
genus:
Emys
species:
orbicularis
subspecies:
not reported by source
taxon_id:
71862
scientific_name:
Locusta migratoria
authorship:
(Linnaeus, 1758)
popular_name:
europeisk vandregresshoppe
taxon_group:
Rettvinger, kakerlakker, saksedyr
taxon_group_id:
35
parent_taxon_id:
71861
exists_in_norway:
yes
status:
NR
kingdom:
Animalia
phylum:
Arthropoda
class:
Insecta
order:
Orthoptera
family:
Acrididae
genus:
Locusta
species:
migratoria
subspecies:
not reported by source
taxon_id:
199168
scientific_name:
Erysiphe grossulariae
authorship:
(Wallr.) Lév.
popular_name:
europeisk stikkelsbærmeldugg
taxon_group:
Sopper
taxon_group_id:
9
parent_taxon_id:
42993
exists_in_norway:
yes
status:
NE
kingdom:
Fungi
phylum:
Ascomycota
class:
Leotiomycetes
order:
Erysiphales
family:
Erysiphaceae
genus:
Erysiphe
species:
grossulariae
subspecies:
not reported by source
taxon_id:
43571
scientific_name:
Hymenoscyphus albidus
authorship:
(Roberge ex Desm.) W. Phillips
popular_name:
europeisk askeskuddbeger
taxon_group:
Sopper
taxon_group_id:
9
parent_taxon_id:
43570
exists_in_norway:
yes
status:
EN
kingdom:
Fungi
phylum:
Ascomycota
class:
Leotiomycetes
order:
Helotiales
family:
Helotiaceae
genus:
Hymenoscyphus
species:
albidus
subspecies:
not reported by source
taxon_id:
31047
scientific_name:
Sciurus vulgaris
authorship:
Linnaeus, 1758
popular_name:
ekorn
taxon_group:
Pattedyr
taxon_group_id:
51
parent_taxon_id:
31046
exists_in_norway:
yes
status:
LC
kingdom:
Animalia
phylum:
Chordata
class:
Mammalia
order:
Rodentia
family:
Sciuridae
genus:
Sciurus
species:
vulgaris
subspecies:
not reported by source
taxon_id:
140135
scientific_name:
Salamandra salamandra
authorship:
(Linnaeus, 1758)
popular_name:
ildsalamander
taxon_group:
Amfibier, reptiler
taxon_group_id:
12
parent_taxon_id:
140134
exists_in_norway:
no
status:
LO
kingdom:
Animalia
phylum:
Chordata
class:
Amphibia
order:
Caudata
family:
Salamandridae
genus:
Salamandra
species:
salamandra
subspecies:
not reported by source
taxon_id:
31260
scientific_name:
Bison bonasus
authorship:
(Linnaeus, 1758)
popular_name:
visent
taxon_group:
Troll
taxon_group_id:
1
parent_taxon_id:
31259
exists_in_norway:
no
status:
LO
kingdom:
Animalia
phylum:
Chordata
class:
Mammalia
order:
Artiodactyla
family:
Bovidae
genus:
Bison
species:
bonasus
subspecies:
not reported by source
taxon_id:
14310
scientific_name:
Homarus gammarus
authorship:
(Linnaeus, 1758)
popular_name:
hummer
taxon_group:
Krepsdyr
taxon_group_id:
6
parent_taxon_id:
14308
exists_in_norway:
yes
status:
VU,LO
kingdom:
Animalia
phylum:
Arthropoda
class:
Malacostraca
order:
Decapoda
family:
Nephropidae
genus:
Homarus
species:
gammarus
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

Replace the placeholders in the HTML GET template; remove optional parameters you do not need.
Check types, units, limits and ID formats in the parameter table.
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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