Description
Returns a list of all bird species (along with their most recent sighting and location) in a given area.
Base URL
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/nearest/geo_spp/recent
Example
Parameter Descriptions
parameter | required | default | value options | example value | description | status | ||
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<ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="edd1cd4d325eff6c-1ae51375-47394db0-b636b5f1-1bfe5c2e064be827df401d3c"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | lat | y | n/a | [-90,90] | 42.46 | decimal latitude | ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> | |
<ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="22f39869295caabc-d30c1ffa-43e54021-a8f299dd-302d35f6bedaf0a63dfeb54d"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | lng | y | n/a | [-180,180] | -76.51 | decimal longitude |
| ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> |
<ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="a880c1a9-a211-47e1-acbf-af2c6cceccac"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | dist | 25 | [0,50] | 15 | distance defining area of interest from given lat/lng in kilometers |
| ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> | |
<ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="255d788134753942-078eaf4a-44b14b49-b783b1a9-a33dfd26c1f02f4038be1591"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | back db |
| 14 | [1,30] | 7 | daysBack, the number of days since the current date back to look for observations |
| ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> |
<ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="a9ea07b3b8ff8cd2-59c761ff-4a364060-8031bc17-aae9b125621830186e827588"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | maxResults |
| unlimited n/a | [01,infinity) 10000] | 10 | the maximum number of result rows to return in this request; to get all results do not include this parameter |
| ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> |
detail |
| simple | simple, full | simple |
| |||
locale |
| en_US | Java standard locale codes | fr_CA | Language/locale of response (when translations are available). See http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Locale.html. |
| ||
fmt |
| json | json | json | format of the response |
| ||
sci hotspot | y |
| any scientific name | larus%20delawarensis | scientific name of the species of interest |
| ||
hotspot |
| false | true,false | true | whether set to restrict the results to birding hotspots |
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Results
General result comments
Format
General format notes.
JSON
Specific format notes.