Recent eBird Sightings Summary By Location - Version 1.0

Summary

This API provides a summary of eBird and eTT observations for an eBird hotspot, over the past few days.

Google Gadgets

There are Google Gadgets with eBird Trail Tacker and eBird branding which can be used to consume the data provided by this API. Information about using those gadgets.

Suggestions for Improvement

  • For both gadgets:
    • Ability to sort by Most Recently Observed (followed by taxonomic order)
    • Ability to sort by High Count (followed by taxonomic order)
  • For eBird gadget:
    • Show first and last name of reporting observer
  • For eTT gadget:
    • link to AAB species on species names
    • link to map showing location of sighting (using eTT map)
    • identify rarities and specialties

API

URL

description

status

notes

http://ebird.org/ws1.0/product/byloc/recent

Return summary of recent sightings for most active hotspot over the past 24 hours

deployed

 

http://ebird.org/ws1.0/product/byloc/recent?locID=L97555&locID=L259855&daysBack=7

Return summary of recent sightings at the given locID(s)

deployed

 

Parameter Descriptions

parameter

required

default

value options

example value

description

status

locID

no

n/a

locID of hotspot locations

L97555

The data summary is computed using data submitted to the given locIDs (up to three). The eBird-1.0-HotSpot web service lists valid hot spot locIDs.

deployed

locale

no

en_US

Java standard locale codes

en_US

Language/locale of common names provided in the response (when translations are available)

deployed

daysBack

no

0

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

7

How many days backwards to look in computing the summary. Zero means use observations submitted for today. One means use observations for today and yesterday.  Etc.

deployed

Result Caching

Results are cached on the server for 30 minutes, so repeated calls to the same URL will usually result in exacted the same response. The time that the response was actually computed is provided in the header time stamp.

XML Result Format

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response>
    <header>
        <locale country="US" language="en"/>
        <timestamp>2008-06-27T15:57:58.877-04:00</timestamp>
        <criteria>
            <property id="locID" value="L97555" description="Sapsucker Woods"/>
            <property id="daysBack" value="7"/>
        </criteria>
    </header>
    <result>
        <sighting>
            <species-id>cangoo</species-id>
            <scientific-name>Branta canadensis</scientific-name>
            <common-name>Canada Goose</common-name>
            <how-many>20</how-many>
            <num-checklists>2</num-checklists>
            <obs-dt>2008-06-27</obs-dt>
        </sighting>
        <sighting>
            <species-id>norbob</species-id>
            <scientific-name>Colinus virginianus</scientific-name>
            <common-name>Northern Bobwhite</common-name>
            <how-many>1</how-many>
            <num-checklists>1</num-checklists>
            <obs-dt>2008-06-25</obs-dt>
        </sighting>
    </result>
</response>

Potential Improvements

  • Support more time frames (week, month).
  • Support multiple points (via point in polygon computation).
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