Sources and licences
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| Source | Version used | Licence | How we use it | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBIF Backbone Taxonomy | live API 2026-11-11 doi:10.15468/39omei | CC BY 4.0 | Shown freely with credit | GBIF Secretariat. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org. |
| GBIF occurrence aggregates (CC0 and CC BY records only) | live API 2026-11-11 | CC BY 4.0 | Shown freely with credit | GBIF.org occurrence search, country facet counts restricted to CC0 1.0 and CC BY 4.0 records. |
| Wikidata | live API 2026-11-11 | CC0 1.0 | Shown freely with credit | Wikidata contributors. Wikidata, the free knowledge base. |
| Wikimedia Commons | live API 2026-11-11 | Per file | Decided per file; non-commercial files are never shown | Wikimedia Commons contributors. Licence and creator recorded per file. |
| English Wikipedia | live API 2026-11-11 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Share-alike: shown in separate, attributed blocks | Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. |
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