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{toc} h2. Description Returns a list of all species in the eBird taxonomy for the given combination of categories. The default category is "species". Any taxon with the category of 'species' may be used as a parameter in service calls that take a scientific name. Any taxon not in this category will be rejected by these services at this time. This is part of the [eBird version 1.1 API|eBird-1.1]. h2. 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=species&fmt=xml&locale=en_US] h2. Parameter Descriptions || Parameter Name || Required || Default || Value Options || Example Value || Description || | cat | no | species | subspeciesdomestic,form,hybrid,intergrade,issf,slash,domestic,species,spuh,hybrid | hybrid | For more info about the meaning of species categories, see [http://ebird.org/content/ebird/about/ebird-taxonomy] | | 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 taxon common name | | fmt \\ | no \\ | csv \\ | xml,csv \\ | xml \\ | | h3. Resources The human readable version of the current eBird taxonomy can also be downloaded [here|http://ebird.org/content/ebird/about/ebird-taxonomy]. h2. Result Fields || *Field (XML)* || *Description* || | sci-name | Scientific name | | com-name | Common name | h3. Example Responses h4. CSV {noformat} Rhea americana,Greater Rhea Rhea pennata,Lesser Rhea {noformat} h4. XML {noformat} <response> <header> <locale country="" language="en"/> <timestamp> 2009-07-08T10:39:42.150-04:00 </timestamp> <criteria> <locale country="" language="en"/> <cat> species </cat> <fmt> xml </fmt> </criteria> </header> <result> <taxa> <com-name> Greater Rhea </com-name> <sci-name> Rhea americana </sci-name> </taxa> <taxa> <com-name> Lesser Rhea </com-name> <sci-name> Rhea pennata </sci-name> </taxa> </response> {noformat} h2. Caching Information For details on caching of results by our servers, see [eBird-1.1-CacheInformation] {import:eBird-footer} |
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