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 2026-10-16T16:12:30Z in 0.185 seconds.

Showing 4 of 4 results in compact format.

  1. status:
    NT
  2. status:
    NR
  3. status:
    NR
  4. status:
    SE,SE
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4 results

  1. taxon_id:
    25986
    scientific_name:
    Petromyzon marinus
    authorship:
    Linnaeus, 1758
    popular_name:
    havniøye
    taxon_group:
    Fisker
    taxon_group_id:
    50
    parent_taxon_id:
    25985
    exists_in_norway:
    yes
    status:
    NT
    kingdom:
    Animalia
    phylum:
    Chordata
    class:
    Cephalaspidomorphi
    order:
    Petromyzontiformes
    family:
    Petromyzontidae
    genus:
    Petromyzon
    species:
    marinus
    subspecies:
    not reported by source
  2. taxon_id:
    61034
    scientific_name:
    Alyssum desertorum
    authorship:
    Stapf
    popular_name:
    havnedodre
    taxon_group:
    Karplanter
    taxon_group_id:
    19
    parent_taxon_id:
    61032
    exists_in_norway:
    yes
    status:
    NR
    kingdom:
    Plantae
    phylum:
    Magnoliophyta
    class:
    Eudicots
    order:
    Brassicales
    family:
    Brassicaceae
    genus:
    Alyssum
    species:
    desertorum
    subspecies:
    not reported by source
  3. taxon_id:
    102507
    scientific_name:
    Amaranthus hybridus subsp. quitensis
    authorship:
    (Kunth) Costea & Carretero
    popular_name:
    havneamarant
    taxon_group:
    Karplanter
    taxon_group_id:
    19
    parent_taxon_id:
    112502
    exists_in_norway:
    yes
    status:
    NR
    kingdom:
    Plantae
    phylum:
    Magnoliophyta
    class:
    Eudicots
    order:
    Caryophyllales
    family:
    Amaranthaceae
    genus:
    Amaranthus
    species:
    Amaranthus hybridus
    subspecies:
    quitensis
  4. taxon_id:
    83777
    scientific_name:
    Didemnum vexillum
    authorship:
    Kott, 2002
    popular_name:
    havnespy
    taxon_group:
    Armfotinger, pigghuder, kappedyr
    taxon_group_id:
    11
    parent_taxon_id:
    67172
    exists_in_norway:
    yes
    status:
    SE,SE
    kingdom:
    Animalia
    phylum:
    Chordata
    class:
    Ascidiacea
    order:
    Enterogona
    family:
    Didemnidae
    genus:
    Didemnum
    species:
    vexillum
    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.