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GBIF Taxonomic Comparison

To get a better understanding of the GBIF data, we examined the data at various taxonomic levels. By sorting the data by the number of occurrences, we found out that sea slugs (order: Nudibranchia) made up 40% of the GBIF observations. Human observations usually tend to photograph animals.

To find out how eDNA complements GBIF data, we looked at whether or not there was a eDNA match for each GBIF taxa. While eDNA and GBIF have a high match rate at the higher taxonomic levels (phylum, class, order), there is low match rate at lower taxonomic levels (genus and species).

GBIF unique genus: 563

GBIF unique genus with NCBI ID: 538

GBIF unique genus with eDNA match: 93

Taxon	GBIF Occurences	NCBI Match	eDNA Match
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Columbiformes, Columbidae, Streptopelia GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Columbiformes, Columbidae, Streptopelia GBIF ID: 2495657 NCBI	5
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Coraciiformes, Alcedinidae, Megaceryle GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Coraciiformes, Alcedinidae, Megaceryle GBIF ID: 2475462 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Falconiformes, Falconidae, Falco GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Falconiformes, Falconidae, Falco GBIF ID: 2480996 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Gaviiformes, Gaviidae, Gavia GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Gaviiformes, Gaviidae, Gavia GBIF ID: 2481954 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Aves, Gaviiformes, Gaviidae, Gavia NCBI ID: 37038, CALeDNA page	56
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Gruiformes, Rallidae, Fulica GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Gruiformes, Rallidae, Fulica GBIF ID: 2474376 NCBI	8
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Inguania, Phrynosomatidae, Sceloporus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Squamata, Phrynosomatidae, Sceloporus GBIF ID: 2451143 NCBI	5
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Corvidae, Aphelocoma GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Corvidae, Aphelocoma GBIF ID: 2482394 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Corvidae, Corvus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Corvidae, Corvus GBIF ID: 2482468 NCBI	13
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Emberizidae, Melospiza GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Emberizidae, Melospiza GBIF ID: 2492191 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Emberizidae, Melozone GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Emberizidae, Melozone GBIF ID: 2491170 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Emberizidae, Molothrus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Emberizidae, Molothrus GBIF ID: 2484385 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Emberizidae, Passerculus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Emberizidae, Passerculus GBIF ID: 5231141 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Emberizidae, Pipilo GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Emberizidae, Pipilo GBIF ID: 2491204 NCBI	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Emberizidae, Zonotrichia GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Emberizidae, Zonotrichia GBIF ID: 6173226 NCBI	22
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Fringillidae, Haemorhous GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Fringillidae, Haemorhous GBIF ID: 4844128 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Fringillidae, Spinus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Fringillidae, Spinus GBIF ID: 8051475 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Hirundinidae, Hirundo GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Hirundinidae, Hirundo GBIF ID: 2489222 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Icteridae, Euphagus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Icteridae, Euphagus GBIF ID: 2484182 NCBI	12
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Mimidae, Mimus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Mimidae, Mimus GBIF ID: 9498764 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Muscicapidae, Turdus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Muscicapidae, Turdus GBIF ID: 2490714 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Paridae, Poecile GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Paridae, Poecile GBIF ID: 2487782 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Parulidae, Cardellina GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Parulidae, Cardellina GBIF ID: 2489633 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Parulidae, Geothlypis GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Parulidae, Geothlypis GBIF ID: 2489637 NCBI	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Parulidae, Setophaga GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Parulidae, Setophaga GBIF ID: 2489984 NCBI	6
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Passeridae, Passer GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Passeridae, Passer GBIF ID: 2492321 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Regulidae, Regulus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Regulidae, Regulus GBIF ID: 2484589 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Sittidae, Sitta GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Sittidae, Sitta GBIF ID: 2484878 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Sturnidae, Sturnus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Sturnidae, Sturnus GBIF ID: 2489099 NCBI	6
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Sturnidae, Toxostoma GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Sturnidae, Toxostoma GBIF ID: 2494943 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Troglodytidae, Thryomanes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Troglodytidae, Thryomanes GBIF ID: 2493841 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Tyrannidae, Contopus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Tyrannidae, Contopus GBIF ID: 2483729 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Tyrannidae, Empidonax GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Tyrannidae, Empidonax GBIF ID: 2482766 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Tyrannidae, Sayornis GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Tyrannidae, Sayornis GBIF ID: 2483605 NCBI	13
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Tyrannidae, Tyrannus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Tyrannidae, Tyrannus GBIF ID: 2483336 NCBI	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Pelecaniformes, Ardeidae, Ardea GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Pelecaniformes, Ardeidae, Ardea GBIF ID: 2480922 NCBI	56
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Pelecaniformes, Ardeidae, Bubulcus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Pelecaniformes, Ardeidae, Bubulcus GBIF ID: 2480829 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Pelecaniformes, Ardeidae, Egretta GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Pelecaniformes, Ardeidae, Egretta GBIF ID: 2480872 NCBI	42
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Pelecaniformes, Ardeidae, Nycticorax GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Pelecaniformes, Ardeidae, Nycticorax GBIF ID: 7824892 NCBI	32
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Pelecaniformes, Pelecanidae, Pelecanus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Pelecaniformes, Pelecanidae, Pelecanus GBIF ID: 2480348 NCBI	56
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Piciformes, Picidae, Colaptes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Piciformes, Picidae, Colaptes GBIF ID: 2478232 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Podicipediformes, Podicipedidae, Aechmophorus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Podicipediformes, Podicipedidae, Aechmophorus GBIF ID: 2482031 NCBI	31
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Podicipediformes, Podicipedidae, Podiceps GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Podicipediformes, Podicipedidae, Podiceps GBIF ID: 2482049 NCBI	25
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Procellariiformes, Diomedeidae, Phoebastria GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Procellariiformes, Diomedeidae, Phoebastria GBIF ID: 2481378 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Procellariiformes, Procellariidae, Fulmarus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Procellariiformes, Procellariidae, Fulmarus GBIF ID: 2481431 NCBI	5
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Procellariiformes, Procellariidae, Puffinus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Procellariiformes, Procellariidae, Puffinus GBIF ID: 5229335 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Serpentes, Natricidae, Thamnophis GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Squamata, Natricidae, Thamnophis GBIF ID: 2457825 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Suliformes, Phalacrocoracidae, Phalacrocorax GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Suliformes, Phalacrocoracidae, Phalacrocorax GBIF ID: 2481854 NCBI	48
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Suliformes, Sulidae, Morus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Suliformes, Sulidae, Morus GBIF ID: 2480962 NCBI	9
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Suliformes, Sulidae, Sula GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Suliformes, Sulidae, Sula GBIF ID: 2480966 NCBI	7
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Atheriniformes, Atherinopsidae, Atherinops GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Atheriniformes, Atherinopsidae, Atherinops GBIF ID: 2412418 NCBI	3