Get an ID for a IUCN listed taxon
Arguments
- sciname
character; Scientific name. Should be cleand and in the format
*<Genus> <Species>*. One or more.- key
(character) required. you IUCN Redlist API key. See rredlist::rredlist-package for help on authenticating with IUCN Redlist
- ...
Curl options passed on to crul::HttpClient
Value
A named list (names are input taxa names) of one or more IUCN IDs. Taxa that aren't found are silently dropped.
Examples
if (FALSE) {
iucn_id("Branta canadensis")
iucn_id("Branta bernicla")
iucn_id("Panthera uncia")
iucn_id("Lynx lynx")
# many names
iucn_id(c("Panthera uncia", "Lynx lynx"))
# many names, some not found
iucn_id(c("Panthera uncia", "Lynx lynx", "foo bar", "hello world"))
# a name not found
iucn_id("Foo bar")
}