Statizoid The Global 'Missing Image' Biodiversity Gap

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The Global 'Missing Image' Biodiversity Gap

While biodiversity databases list millions of species, many lack any public image. This tracks the speed of visual documentation of the natural world.

Observations
2
Tracking since
Last updated

Percentage of Documented Species Lacking a Digital Image

The percentage of sampled taxa from Wikidata that do not have a public image property (P18).

1 observation · measured in %

57.8%
Percentage of Documented Species Lacking a Digital Image
28 Jul 2026 11:26
Percentage of Documented Species Lacking a Digital Image (%) — summary, last year.
WhenPercentage of Documented Species Lacking a Digital Image
57.8%
Percentage of Documented Species Lacking a Digital Image (%) — table, last year.

Total Sampled Taxa

The number of taxon entries analyzed in this run.

1 observation · measured in count

71 count
Total Sampled Taxa
28 Jul 2026 11:26
Total Sampled Taxa (count) — summary, last year.
WhenTotal Sampled Taxa
71 count
Total Sampled Taxa (count) — table, last year.

Sources

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Why this isn't published anywhere else

The search results discuss general biodiversity loss, conservation biology, and remote sensing, but none mention a specific tracker for the gap between cataloged species and their public visual documentation.

Uniqueness score 1.00 — assessed against live web search results when this subject was created.