# API: Occurrence search for only species?
**URL:** https://discourse.gbif.org/t/api-occurrence-search-for-only-species/4469
**Category:** Miscellaneous
**Created:** [May 23, 2024, 8:35am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/api-occurrence-search-for-only-species/4469 "2024-05-23T08:35:16Z")
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### Author:  [@larsgw](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/larsgw)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2024, 8:35am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/api-occurrence-search-for-only-species/4469/1 "2024-05-23T08:35:16Z")
Is it possible to search e.g. for all occurrence records in the family Chrysididae that are identified to species? I don’t see a `taxonRank` option. Would I need to first list all species in the family and then use `taxonKey`?
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### Author:  [@mgrosjean](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/mgrosjean)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/api-occurrence-search-for-only-species/4469/2 "2024-05-23T15:07:15Z")
I think you would have to use the taxonKeys of the species in the family (which you can get with this call: [https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/search?datasetKey=d7dddbf4-2cf0-4f39-9b2a-bb099caae36c&rank=SPECIES&higherTaxonKey=7903](https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/search?datasetKey=d7dddbf4-2cf0-4f39-9b2a-bb099caae36c&rank=SPECIES&higherTaxonKey=7903) and some paging through the results).
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/api-occurrence-search-for-only-species/4469/3 "2024-06-23T01:07:28Z")
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