Observed fact
GBIF reports a coordinate-bearing occurrence against a country, month or year facet after excluded record types are removed.
Dataset evidence and provenance
A public dataset of country, taxonomy, species, month and year aggregates derived exclusively from CC0 GBIF occurrence facets, covering 3,786 species pages and 234 countries and territories without publishing exact coordinates.
- 3,786 species pages
- 3,785 Tier A indexable species pages
- 1 useful-tail species pages kept noindex
- 234 countries and territories
- 138,302,828 indexed occurrence records
- 2026-08-23-cc0-commercial policy version
Dataset identity and coverage
Dataset name: What Animal Lives Where global animal occurrence aggregates.
Creator and publisher: What Animal Lives Where.
Spatial coverage: Worldwide — 234 countries and territories.
Temporal coverage: 1520/2026.
Last modified: 2026-08-23.
This landing page describes the published aggregate dataset. No bulk download or raw-record distribution is offered: the public output is the country, taxonomy and species summaries rendered on this site. Exact occurrence coordinates and private R2 objects are outside the public dataset.
Current public aggregates
| Layer | Generated | Stable identity | Public fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country index | 2026-09-20 | ISO alpha-2 code | Name and occurrence-record count |
| Species index | 2026-08-23 | GBIF taxon key + canonical scientific name | Taxonomy, country/month/year facets and record counts |
Species pages qualify for the search sitemap only when they have a stable GBIF identity, a complete current
rights-policy document and at least 1 reusable records. Thinner summaries remain
available through useful internal trails but carry noindex; interactive search, comparison and taxonomy-tail
routes are also excluded from search indexing.
Evidence ladder
Transparent calculation
The site totals facets, finds each monthly peak, and counts months reaching at least 10% of that peak.
Labelled inference
One-off, repeated, recent and historical wording summarises the record pattern. It is not a formal range, residency or conservation assessment.
Source and publication boundary
The public counts derive from GBIF occurrence facets. The build keeps only CC0 coordinate-bearing records from an explicit record-type allow-list and excludes fossils and living/captive specimens. CC BY-NC records do not contribute to public output.
Exact observation coordinates remain private because the held extract does not contain every uncertainty, withholding, generalisation and sensitivity field needed for safe publication. Read the full location and licensing gate and source permission table.
Freshness and revision
The Worker checks build state six times daily. A full occurrence refresh is normally due only after the last completed cycle
is at least 28 days old; each rebuilt entity records its own generation date. Method changes are versioned in source
control and the current release SHA is returned in the x-release-sha response header.