Sources
Where the data comes from
Every provider is listed, including the ones we cannot read yet. Status is reported honestly: a source that has not answered recently says so, and the newest observation time is always the time the animal was observed, not the time we fetched it.
Answering now
8 sources are connected or catching up.
IOOS Animal Telemetry Network (ERDDAP)
U.S. IOOS Animal Telemetry Network satellite trajectory products published through ERDDAP. Per-deployment datasets with Argos location classes, source-supplied error ellipses, QARTOD flags and citations. Archival deployments (2005–2018) published in 2025.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Global occurrence records via the documented GBIF REST API. Separately identified observation layer; records keep their publishing dataset and licence.
Ocean Biodiversity Information System
Marine occurrence records via the documented OBIS v3 API. Separately identified marine observation layer.
Ocean Tracking Network (public GeoServer)
OTN's public WFS: where acoustically tagged animals were released (species, date, place, size) and the acoustic receiver network (station positions and deployment dates). Releases are shown as release sites, never as tracks; stations are listening posts, never animal positions.
Motus Wildlife Tracking System
Radio telemetry for birds, bats and insects. Collaborator approval covers every tag project this account can access. Retrieval is allowed. The isolated R sidecar checks that list and the scheduler takes one project at a time. Bulk export is not included.
OCEARCH
OCEARCH Global Shark Tracker animals. Ingestion enabled after the site owner attested written OCEARCH permission, on the condition that every animal is identified as an OCEARCH animal.
Sea Turtle Conservancy
Public satellite turtle tracks on the STC Mapotic tracker. Ingestion enabled after the site owner attested written STC permission for this charity site.
Crossref
Scholarly bibliographic metadata and DOI links for Tamara's research discovery. Not an animal tracking source; abstracts are not stored.
Listed, not reading
Unavailable, awaiting permission, or not configured for this deployment. Each page explains why.
Ocean Tracking Network (ERDDAP)
Public acoustic detection extracts via OTN's ERDDAP. Receiver detections only; station positions are not animal positions.
Movebank
Animal movement studies across environments. Study-scoped permissions; licence terms must be accepted per study; single concurrent request per IP.
IMOS / AODN Animal Tracking
Australian acoustic telemetry database. Facility arrays are typically serviced annually; embargoes apply. Programmatic export route must be mapped before ingestion.