rgbif: A programmatic interface to the Web Service methods provided by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
This package gives you access to data from GBIF https://www.gbif.org/ via their API.
summary https://www.gbif.org/developer/summary - Summary of the GBIF API
registry https://www.gbif.org/developer/registry - Metadata on datasets, and contributing organizations
species names https://www.gbif.org/developer/species - Species names and metadata
occurrences https://www.gbif.org/developer/occurrence - Occurrences
maps https://www.gbif.org/developer/maps - Maps - these APIs are not implemented in rgbif, and are meant more for integration with web based maps.
Scott Chamberlain
Karthik Ram
Dan Mcglinn
Vijay Barve
John Waller