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    Checklist Bank extends the indexing capacity of the GBIF data portal to include taxonomic data sources. It serves to inventory checklist resources, enabling discovery and access to a wide range of taxonomic and nomenclatural databases, datasets, and initiatives that organise and serve these data.

    All checklists registered with the GBIF registry are being index once they passed our dwca validator. If you can't find your registered data here, please verify the validation report which is linked from the list of all registered checklists.

    Checklist Bank Figures

      19,693,692 Total Usages
    13,469,531 Unique Names
    4,975,801 Canonical Names
    184,081 Unparsable Names
    2,346,406 Vernacular Names
    5,560,222 Distribution Records

    Indexed Checklists

    Resources currently available through ChecklistBank are:

    Title Version Usages Families Genera Species Vernaculars Images Distributions Bibliography
    GBIF Backbone Taxonomy 2012-02-06 4,456,564 20,882 390,566 2,530,038 819,055 92,358 2,609,926 997,996
    Encyclopedia of Life 2013-02-05 3,460,001 16,144 443,759 2,307,842 0 0 0 0
    Catalogue of Life 2013-04-23 2,538,632 8,023 133,635 1,352,388 336,674 0 1,267,600 0
    Interim Register of Marine and Nonmari … 2012-08-12 2,181,878 35,228 374,530 1,173,293 0 0 0 0
    International Plant Names Index 2012-05-23 1,587,805 791 59,766 1,317,317 0 0 0 0
    NCBI Taxonomy 2013-04-29 1,413,780 7,537 64,350 782,946 35,787 0 0 0
    Integrated Taxonomic Information Syste … 2012-05-23 545,814 6,972 45,531 306,358 114,391 0 178,151 0
    World Register of Marine Species 2013-04-24 466,090 6,768 47,178 221,638 47,031 0 335,054 653,255
    Index Fungorum 2012-05-28 444,355 2,926 10,466 267,553 0 0 0 0
    English Wikipedia Species Pages 2012-09-12 370,189 9,662 69,375 147,510 359,004 73,959 5,463 0
    Fauna Europaea 2012-05-22 313,757 0 37,214 131,671 0 0 0 0
    The European Nature Information System … 2012-08-14 278,540 0 0 0 31,590 0 0 0
    IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013-03-12 161,595 2,051 17,508 99,727 79,757 0 399,122 0
    New Zealand Organisms Register 2012-09-26 145,857 9,468 41,750 82,663 14,219 0 80,576 482,542
    GRIN Taxonomy for Plants 2012-08-13 130,837 498 12,927 50,575 64,144 0 0 0
    Paleobiology Database 2012-05-23 113,000 6,139 52,043 44,980 0 0 0 0
    IRMNG Homonym List 2012-08-12 91,100 7,633 46,631 101 0 0 0 0
    Dyntaxa 2012-05-22 86,616 3,628 15,360 60,395 0 0 0 0
    USDA PLANTS Database 2013-04-29 85,018 525 0 0 39,437 0 302,567 0
    The National Checklist of Taiwan 2012-05-22 74,395 3,034 17,916 48,815 29,835 0 2,037 0
    Belgian Species List 2012-05-22 59,772 1,561 10,267 33,341 20,405 0 0 0
    New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity 2012-09-26 55,987 3,572 13,147 34,929 1,642 0 45,731 159,553
    Wikipedia Species Pages - German 2012-09-12 46,170 4,423 12,514 24,179 251,649 26,724 0 0
    Orthoptera Species File 2013-02-03 42,534 77 4,850 25,725 1,771 70,012 74,294 170,736
    Afromoths, online datbase of Afrotropi … 2012-05-22 42,138 156 4,050 24,138 0 0 37,274 0
    International Cichorieae Network (ICN) … 41,544 0 103 8,672 6,372 0 45,434 4,225
    Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment 2012-05-22 39,992 88 4,423 30,836 0 0 0 0
    Euro+Med Plantbase 2012-05-22 39,340 4 612 9,252 0 0 0 0
    New Zealand Fungi Names Database 2012-09-26 33,547 679 4,534 16,849 715 0 20,350 176,950
    New Zealand Arthropod Names Database 2012-09-26 33,007 1,308 6,830 22,756 2,210 0 27,091 105,083
    The Clements Checklist 2012-05-22 31,910 0 0 10,154 12,198 0 0 0
    New Zealand Plant Names Database 2012-09-26 29,424 689 3,911 12,453 8,812 0 11,980 83,767
    Database of Vascular Plants of Canada … 2013-03-12 26,808 170 1,224 5,909 30,707 0 28,765 0
    3i - Deltocephalinae Database 2012-05-22 16,381 1 911 6,628 0 0 4,504 0
    World Typhlocybinae database 2012-05-23 14,296 1 449 4,563 18 10,523 25,750 0
    Mammal Species of the World, 3rd editi … 2012-05-23 13,651 153 1,230 5,416 5,450 0 0 0
    IOC World Bird Names 2012-05-22 12,975 233 2,234 10,466 10,699 0 11,078 0
    Vernacular names of Iberian fungi in S … 2012-08-03 12,854 245 1,146 0 3,977 0 0 11,321
    Endemic species in Taiwan 2012-05-22 12,509 592 3,555 7,396 4,264 0 45 0
    Aphid Species File 2012-05-22 11,672 22 712 5,715 116 38 0 52,604
    Catalog of Life Hierarchy, Februar 201 … 2013-05-01 10,547 8,472 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Catalogue of Afrotropical Bees 2012-05-22 10,533 6 273 2,707 0 0 0 26,497
    CATE Araceae 8,525 1 118 3,372 0 0 0 0
    Psocodea Species File 2012-05-22 7,518 48 517 5,992 0 0 89 36,591
    Blattodea Species File 2012-05-22 6,528 9 495 4,503 128 1,063 568 11,898
    Australian Coral Ecoregions 2012-05-22 5,907 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    CATE Sphingidae 2013-02-03 5,391 1 217 1,609 0 0 0 0
    Plecoptera Species File 2012-05-22 5,124 29 390 3,794 11 55 15,102 14,901
    3i - Cicadellinae Database 2012-05-22 4,749 1 315 2,152 9 0 258 0
    Phasmida Species File 2012-05-22 4,616 13 456 3,035 358 10,689 5,629 26,792
    Coreoidea Species File 2012-05-22 4,568 6 496 2,756 83 696 7,501 20,041
    Sendoya S., Fernández F. AAT de hormig … 2012-05-22 4,315 1 118 3,272 0 0 7,450 0
    Checklist of vascular plants of the Ñe … 2012-05-22 4,133 101 0 634 0 0 0 0
    Mantodea Species File 2012-05-22 3,916 19 441 2,448 0 84 334 20,121
    Tanzania Plant Specimens 2012-05-22 3,661 90 282 0 0 0 0 0
    Global taxonomic database of Gracillar … 2012-05-22 3,041 2 99 1,855 0 0 7,527 0
    Dermaptera Species File 2012-05-22 2,938 15 228 1,911 0 0 0 3,855
    ICTV Master Species List 2012-05-22 2,727 87 349 0 0 0 0 0
    Prelude Medicinal Plants Database 2012-11-15 2,445 181 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Seed Plants of Kangchendzonga Biospher … 2012-05-22 2,430 124 564 1,685 0 0 0 0
    Seed Plants of Kangchenjunga Conservat … 2012-05-22 1,789 140 560 1,026 0 0 0 0
    Birds of Tanzania 2012-05-22 1,637 92 370 0 0 0 0 0
    Checklist of the threatened species of … 2012-05-22 1,515 179 385 0 0 0 0 0
    Inventario Nacional Biodiversidad – Es … 2012-08-02 1,358 210 383 0 1,707 195 190 597
    Taiwanese IUCN species list 2012-05-22 1,215 169 373 393 584 0 89 0
    Eastern Mediterranean Syllidae 2012-05-22 1,152 1 24 1,123 0 0 0 0
    The Tree of Life Web Project (ToL) 2013-04-29 1,145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Neora Valley Toorsa Corridor 2012-05-22 1,111 111 374 575 0 0 0 0
    Mahananda Neora Valley Corridor 2012-05-22 1,109 111 374 575 0 0 0 0
    Peces de la zona hidrogeográfica de la … 2012-05-22 1,105 60 274 752 0 0 1,102 0
    Zoological names. A list of phyla, cla … 2012-05-23 1,037 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Senchal Mahananda Corridor 2012-05-22 993 106 340 498 0 0 0 0
    Freshwater Invasive Species in Europe 2012-08-29 986 140 281 472 0 0 0 0
    Global Invasive Species Database 2012-05-22 870 3 0 0 9,224 0 0 0
    Andrade-C., M.G. AAT de las mariposas … 2012-05-22 816 2 44 384 0 0 611 0
    Kangchenjunga Corridor 2012-05-22 800 109 276 367 0 0 0 0
    Seed Plants of Senchal Wildlife Sanctu … 2012-05-22 760 87 249 379 0 0 0 0
    Leguminosae in Flora iberica 2012-08-02 741 1 56 0 796 0 0 206
    Seed Plants of Singhalila National Par … 2012-05-22 727 81 218 383 0 0 0 0
    Seed Plants of Mahananda Wildlife Sanc … 2012-05-22 697 79 249 329 0 0 0 0
    Singhalila Senchal Corridor 2012-05-22 677 82 218 331 0 0 0 0
    Embioptera Species File 2012-05-22 591 13 91 399 1 0 572 1,170
    COA Wildlife Conservation List 2012-05-22 530 87 163 156 232 0 7 0
    Seed Plants of Toorsa Strict Nature Re … 2012-05-22 530 64 163 266 0 0 0 0
    Mimosaceae & Papilionaceae Fl. Paisös … 2012-08-03 524 2 42 0 345 0 0 476
    True Fruit Flies (Diptera, Tephritidae … 2012-05-22 512 1 8 390 0 0 0 0
    Seed Plants of Neora Valley National P … 2012-05-22 405 67 128 172 0 0 0 0
    Seed Plants of Barsey Rhododendron San … 2012-05-22 305 38 97 141 0 0 0 0
    Toorsa Jigme Dorji Corridor 2012-05-22 298 48 90 129 0 0 0 0
    List of plant names: Huai Kaeo Arboret … 2012-05-22 255 53 0 5 0 0 0 0
    Common names of Chilean Plants 2012-05-23 249 0 0 248 249 0 0 0
    Iberian Zygaenidae in Fernández-Rubio, … 2012-08-03 211 2 16 0 0 0 0 0
    Coleorrhyncha Species File 2012-05-22 167 4 43 87 1 0 77 221
    Reptilia.my 2012-05-22 167 10 0 0 147 0 157 0
    Invasive Alien Species in Belgium - HA … 2012-05-22 155 55 0 0 298 0 0 0
    Zanzibar Fruit Plant Species Checklist 2012-09-26 129 27 35 45 90 0 0 0
    Amphibia-Malaysia 2012-05-22 110 7 0 0 97 0 103 0
    Amphibia.my 2012-05-22 110 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Malaysian Mangrove 2012-05-22 92 28 0 0 0 0 64 0
    World Wildlife Fund Species Directory 2012-08-27 82 0 0 0 81 0 0 0
    ECAT Provisional Names 2013-03-18 70 6 5 6 0 0 0 0
    Malaysian Moss 2012-05-22 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Passiflora vernacular names 2013-05-01 7 0 0 7 36 0 0 0