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h2. Description
Returns all recent observations of notable bird species in a given area.
This is part of the [eBird version 1.1 API|eBird- API 1.1].
h2. URL
*Base URL*
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/notable/region/recent]\\
*Examples*
Minimal:
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/notable/region/recent?rtype=subnational1&r=US-NV]
Fully specified:
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/notable/region/recent?rtype=subnational1&r=US-NV&back=5&maxResults=500&locale=en_US&fmt=json]
h2. Parameter Descriptions
|| Parameter Name || Required || Default \\ || Value Options \\ || Example Value \\ || Description ||
| rtype \\ | yes \\ | | country,subnational1,subnational2 \\ | subnational1 \\ | the region type you are interested in. |
| r \\ | yes \\ | | \\ | | region code corresponding to selected region type. see [region code reference|eBird-1.1-RegionCodeReference]\\ |
| back \\ | | 14 \\ | 1 - 30 integer | 7 | the number of days back to look for observations \\ |
| maxResults | | \\ | 1 - 10000 integer \\ | 10 \\ | the maximum number of result rows to return in this request; to get all results do not include this parameter \\ |
| detail \\ | | simple \\ | simple, full \\ | simple \\ | toggle to restrict results to either all or a subset of sighting fields. currently, only the 'simple' format is supported for this service. see [result field descriptions|eBird-1.1-FullResultsDescription] \\ |
| 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 \\ | | xml \\ | json, xml \\ | json \\ | format of the response \\ |
| hotspot \\ | | false \\ | true,false \\ | false \\ | set to true if results should be limited to sightings at birding hotspots |
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