Topic: taxonObservations/species - missing common names
Why do I receive common names for some birds but not others when I use taxonObservations/species?
e.g. for Kingfisher I get:
{"taxonVersionKey":"NHMSYS0000530141","querySpecificObservationCount"
:5,"taxon":{"taxonVersionKey":"NHMSYS0000530141","name":"Alcedo atthis","authority":"(Linnaeus, 1758
)","languageKey":"la","taxonOutputGroupKey":"NHMSYS0000080039","taxonOutputGroupName":"bird","commonNameTaxonVersionKey"
:"NBNSYS0000168157","commonName":"Kingfisher","organismKey":"NBNORG0000060603","rank":"Species","nameStatus"
:"Recommended","versionForm":"Well-formed","gatewayRecordCount":90703,"href":"https://data.nbn.org.uk
/Taxa/NHMSYS0000530141","ptaxonVersionKey":"NHMSYS0000530141"}},but for Skylark I only get:
{"taxonVersionKey":"NHMSYS0000530139","querySpecificObservationCount":20,"taxon"
:{"taxonVersionKey":"NHMSYS0000530139","name":"Alauda arvensis","authority":"Linnaeus, 1758","languageKey"
:"la","taxonOutputGroupKey":"NHMSYS0000080039","taxonOutputGroupName":"bird","organismKey":"NBNORG0000060601"
,"rank":"Species","nameStatus":"Recommended","versionForm":"Well-formed","gatewayRecordCount":225122
,"href":"https://data.nbn.org.uk/Taxa/NHMSYS0000530139","ptaxonVersionKey":"NHMSYS0000530139"}},I also don't get common names for
Emberiza calandra (Corn Bunting, NHMSYS0001688304)
Linaria cannabina (Linnet, NHMSYS0021004282)
Poecile palustris (Marsh Tit, NHMSYS0001688303)
Pyrrhula pyrrhula (Bullfinch, NHMSYS0000530802)
Sturnus vulgaris (Starling, NHMSYS0000530628)
Turdus philomelos (Song Thrush, NHMSYS0000530678)
but when I look them up at https://data.nbn.org.uk/Taxa/XXXXXXXX they all have well-formed common names (but admittedly don't have common names in the "Taxon" panel for some reason).
(I'm only using taxonObservations/species in order to obtain common names and groups that I can then attach to records downloaded using taxonObservations (which doesn't provide either) so it's not very helpful when some common names aren't even provided by taxonObservations/species).
Keith