Australian Species Profile by Taxon GUID (Atlas of Living Australia)

alaapi/species-profile

The profile of one taxon in the Atlas of Living Australia, by taxon GUID (the `guid` of a TAXON hit or the `taxonGuid` of a COMMON hit from species-search, for example 'https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e9d6fbbd-1505-4073-990a-dc66c930dad6'): the taxon concept (name, authorship, rank, status, where it was published), the full classification from kingdom to species with a GUID at each level, common names with language and region, synonyms, state conservation statuses, identifiers and name variants. The GUID must be an https URL. An unknown GUID is a VALIDATION error. Atlas of Living Australia data, served by Eden Engine; not an official ALA product.

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Price

$0.0026 per call

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Data source

Atlas of Living Australia

Taxonomic data from the Atlas of Living Australia (https://www.ala.org.au), compiled from the Australian Faunal Directory, the Australian Plant Name Index and other sources named in each result (`infoSourceName`). Served by Eden Engine; not an official Atlas of Living Australia product.

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// 1. search: find the tool
omnial_search({ query: "what you need" })

// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "alaapi/species-profile" })

// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "alaapi/species-profile" })

// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "alaapi/species-profile", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "alaapi/species-profile", input: { /* ... */ } })

// 5. settle: the call is charged when it finishes, nothing to do

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Pricing

Every charge this tool can incur.

Charge	Price
Per call	$0.0026

Updated: Oct 21, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema

input_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "taxon_guid"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "taxon_guid": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^https://[A-Za-z0-9.-]+/[A-Za-z0-9/._:-]+$",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "minLength": 12,
      "description": "Taxon GUID, an https URL such as https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e9d6fbbd-1505-4073-990a-dc66c930dad6 (take it from species-search)."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

output_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "taxonConcept",
    "classification"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "images": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "additionalProperties": true
      }
    },
    "synonyms": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "additionalProperties": true
      }
    },
    "variants": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "additionalProperties": true
      }
    },
    "commonNames": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "additionalProperties": true
      },
      "description": "Common names with language, locality and source."
    },
    "identifiers": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "additionalProperties": true
      }
    },
    "taxonConcept": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "The taxon concept: guid, nameString, nameComplete, author, rankString, taxonomicStatus, nameAuthority, namePublishedIn and related ids.",
      "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "classification": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species names, each with a matching <rank>Guid.",
      "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "commonNameSingle": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "conservationStatuses": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Status by state or territory code, each {dr, status}.",
      "additionalProperties": true
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": true
}