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Description
Returns a list of all species in the eBird taxonomy for the given combination of categories. The default category is "species". Any scientific name with the category of 'species' may be used as a parameter in service calls that take scientific name as a parameter (sci). Any scientific name not in this list will be rejected by these services at this time.
This is part of the eBird version 1.1 API.
URL
Base URL
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/taxa
Examples
Minimal:
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/taxa/ebird
Fully specified:
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/taxa/ebird?cat=subspecies&cat=species&fmt=xml&version=1.0&locale=en_US
Parameter Descriptions
Parameter Name | Required | Default | Value Options | Example Value | Description |
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cat | no | species | any combination of: subspecies,slash,domestic,species,spuh,hybrid | hybrid | Category |
locale | no | en_US | fr_CA,es_MX,es_PR,ht_HT,fr,fr_HT,es_CU,es_PA,es_DO,en_NZ,es,es_CL | fr_CA | The locale for the taxa common name |
fmt | no | xml | xml | xml |
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version | no | 1.049 | 1.049 | 1.049 | the taxonomic authority version number |
Result Field Descriptions
Field (XML) | Description |
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sci-name | Scientific name |
com-name | Common name |
taxon-order | Taxonomic Order id |
cat | Taxonomic Category |