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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 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.
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Parameter Name | Required | Default | Value Options | Example Value | Description |
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cat | no | species | domestic,form,hybrid,intergrade,issf,slash,species,spuh (can be comma-separated for multiple categories) | hybrid | For more info about the meaning of species categories, see http://ebird.org/content/ebird/about/ebird-taxonomy |
locale | no | en_US | fr_CAde,en_AE,en_AU,en_IN,en_NZ,en_UK,en_ZA,es,es_MXAR,es_PRCL,htes_HTCU,fres_DO,fres_HTES,es_CUMX,es_PA,es_DO,en_NZ,es,es_CL _PR,fi,fr,fr_HT,ht_HT,in,is,pt_BR,pt_PT,tr,zh | fr_CA | The locale for the taxon common name |
fmt | no | csv | xml,json,csv | xml |
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Resources
The human readable version of the current eBird taxonomy can also be downloaded here.
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Field (XML) | Description |
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sci-name | Scientific name |
com-name | Common name |
taxon-id | Taxonomic Concept identifier, note this is currently in test |
| category | The taxonomic category (species, slash, etc.) |
| taxon-order | A float representing the taxonomic order |
| species-code | An internal code for the taxon |
Example Responses
CSV
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SCIENTIFIC_NAME,COMMON_NAME,TAXON_ID,SPECIES_CODE,CATEGORY,TAXON_ORDER
Struthio camelus,Ostrich,TC000001,ostric1,species,1.0
Rhea americana,Greater
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Rhea,TC000004
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,grerhe1,species,7.0
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<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>
<taxon-id>
TC00000004
</taxon-id>
</taxa>
<taxa>
<com-name>
Lesser Rhea
</com-name>
<sci-name>
Rhea pennata
</sci-name>
<taxon-id>
TC00000005
</taxon-id>
</taxa>
</response>
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XML
Caching Information
For details on caching of results by our servers, see eBird-1.1-CacheInformation
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