GBIF · Country catalogue

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Biodiversity occurrence records, collection methods, and contributing datasets.

East Africa GBIF country catalogues

Occurrence records

1,584,876

Published records, not wildlife abundance

Species represented

39,188

Distinct species keys in this country

Datasets

1,226

Contributing source datasets

Publishers

342

Institutions publishing these records

Country biodiversity & collection breakdown

Taxonomic groups, collection methods, and sources for Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

1791–2026

Catalogue facets, collection methods, and major dataset sources for snapshot 2026-10-01-api.

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Occurrences

1,584,876

+513 (0.0% this month)

Datasets

1,226

+3 new this month

Publishers

342

Species Keys

39,188

+22 new this month

Primary Contributing Datasets

1,226 individual dataset archives contribute to Democratic Republic of the Congo's GBIF occurrence catalogue. The top 3 datasets account for 43.8% of all recorded observations.

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#1Meise Botanic Garden Herbarium (BR)Herbarium & Botany

Meise Botanic GardenUUID: b740eaa0…fa37

493,947

31.2% share

GBIF

#2EOD – eBird Observation DatasetBird Surveys

Cornell Lab of OrnithologyUUID: 4fa7b334…049e

130,178

8.2% share

GBIF

#3RBINS DaRWINField Research

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural SciencesUUID: 8138eb72…5e9a

70,278

4.4% share

GBIF

#4Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - Herbarium SpecimensHerbarium & Botany

Royal Botanic Gardens, KewUUID: cd6e21c8…69e5

57,964

3.7% share

GBIF

#5Arachnomorpha collection of the Royal Museum for Central AfricaMuseum Collection

Royal Museum for Central Africa, BelgiumUUID: 8da1b266…8376

48,809

3.1% share

GBIF

#6Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL) - BotanyHerbarium & Botany

Naturalis Biodiversity CenterUUID: 15f819bd…022d

44,853

2.8% share

GBIF

#7African MammaliaMammalogy

Belgian Biodiversity PlatformUUID: 09baff40…a862

40,884

2.6% share

GBIF

#8Natural History Collections of the Faculty of Biology AMUMuseum Collection

Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańUUID: 84b18cce…17cd

37,700

2.4% share

GBIF

#9rmca-albertine-rift-birdsBird Surveys

Belgian Biodiversity PlatformUUID: b76c1a65…4a32

37,121

2.3% share

GBIF

#10FishBase DatabaseIchthyology & Aquatic

FishBaseUUID: 197908d0…a862

37,032

2.3% share

GBIF

Snapshot 2026-10-01-api · source data through 2026-10-01T08:10:08.032646Z