search_species: Find species codes

In BirdStudiesCanada/rNatureCounts: Access and download data on plant and animal populations from NatureCounts

Find species codes

Description

Find species id codes by searching for scientific, English and French species names.

Usage

search_species(name = NULL, show = "names", authority = NULL)

Arguments

name	Character. The species name to search for
show	Character. Either "all" or "names" (default). Whether to return all taxonomic information or only a subset with species names
authority	Character. If not NULL (default), return the alphanumeric code associated with avian species for this taxonomic authority.

Details

species_search() is deprecated in favour of search_species()

Value

Data frame of species ids and taxonomic information

Examples

# Show all ids
search_species()

search_species("chickadee")
search_species("black-capped chickadee")

# Add alphanumeric code for BSCDATA authority
search_species("black-capped chickadee", authority = "BSCDATA")

# Show all taxonomic information
search_species("black-capped chickadee", show = "all")

# Using the codes
nc_count(species = 14280)

BirdStudiesCanada/rNatureCounts documentation built on July 3, 2023, 2:06 a.m.