Biodiversity occurrence records for Malaysia
Published by Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) · International
Also known as: GBIF Malaysia · Malaysia species occurrences · biodiversity data Malaysia
About this resource
Species occurrence records and datasets for Malaysia aggregated by GBIF from museums, herbaria, surveys and citizen-science projects, searchable through the portal and downloadable via the occurrence API.
Get this data
- No credentials needed
https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?country=MY
Malaysia is country code MY. Add limit, offset and taxonKey parameters to page.
- No credentials needed
https://api.gbif.org/v1/dataset/search?q=malaysia
- GBIF API documentation API docs
https://techdocs.gbif.org/en/openapi/
- GBIF Malaysia country page Landing page
https://www.gbif.org/country/MY/summary
Returns 403 to automated requests (bot protection); reachable in a browser.
Directory notes
Verified 2026-10-04. Both API endpoints respond without a key. The country page returns 403 to automated requests (bot protection) but is reachable in a browser. Licence not asserted as verified.