Describe what you observed
Add the date, method, location at a safe precision, and the people to credit. Keep uncertainty visible. For images, include preparation, scale, calibration and acquisition details where relevant.
Contributors
Share what you observed.
Bring your observations, images and supporting evidence. Start a private draft, then publish when it is ready.
Your workspace
Start a contribution.
Add an observation, upload your images and save a private draft.
Prepare your record
Keep the evidence with its context.
Check rights and privacy
Only upload material you are authorised to share under CC BY 4.0. Review files for personal details and sensitive locations. Indigenous knowledge, sensitive species and culturally governed material may need restricted access or may be unsuitable for public sharing.
Review before publishing
Drafts stay private. Published contributions are public by default under CC BY 4.0. Check your description, files and attribution before publishing. Corrections create linked versions.
Need help describing a find? Use the reference library for atlases, terminology and taxonomic sources. You remain responsible for your identification and the evidence supporting it.
Explore the fields
Try Record Studio.
Explore the fields for your observation and inspect an image in your browser. Record Studio does not upload or save a contribution; closing the tab removes its draft.
Open Record StudioCitation and review
A published record can be cited.
Clio records have a permalink, version reference and citation details. Publication does not mean an identification has been verified. You can request DOI review for eligible published versions; a request does not assign a DOI.