Get an ID for a IUCN listed taxon — iucn_id • taxize

Get an ID for a IUCN listed taxon

iucn_id(sciname, key = NULL, ...)

Arguments

sciname: character; Scientific name. Should be cleand and in the format *<Genus> <Species>*. One or more.
key: (character) required. you IUCN Redlist API key. See rredlist::rredlist-package for help on authenticating with IUCN Redlist
...: Curl options passed on to crul::HttpClient

Value

A named list (names are input taxa names) of one or more IUCN IDs. Taxa that aren't found are silently dropped.

Author

Scott Chamberlain,

Examples

if (FALSE) {
iucn_id("Branta canadensis")
iucn_id("Branta bernicla")
iucn_id("Panthera uncia")
iucn_id("Lynx lynx")

# many names
iucn_id(c("Panthera uncia", "Lynx lynx"))

# many names, some not found
iucn_id(c("Panthera uncia", "Lynx lynx", "foo bar", "hello world"))

# a name not found
iucn_id("Foo bar")
}