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Description
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This service provides a summary of recent eBird and eTT observations for eBird hotspots. It is basically equivalent to
eBird-1.1-RecentObservationsAtHotspots
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except
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for
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an
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additional
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result
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field
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that
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reveals
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the
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number
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of
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checklists
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reporting
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the
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species.
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This
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is
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part
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of
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the
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Google Gadgets
There are Google Gadgets with eBird Trail Tacker and eBird branding which can be used to consume the data provided by this API. Information about using those gadgets.
URL
Base URL
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/product/obs/hotspot/recent
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Examples
Minimal:
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/product/obs/hotspot/recent?r=L99381
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Fully
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specified:
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Parameter Descriptions
Parameter Name | Required | Default | Value Options | Example Value | Description |
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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 | |
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 |
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fmt |
| xml | json, xml | json | format of the response |
r | yes |
| any hotspot locID | L99381 | Code(s) for region of interest; here, regions are the locIDs of hotspots. LocIDs that are not valid or are not hotspots are ignored. Maximum of 10 locIDs. |
includeProvisional |
| false | true,false | false | set to true if you'd like flagged records that have not yet been reviewed to be included in the results |
Result Field Descriptions
Field (JSON) | Field (XML) | Description |
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comName | com-name | species common name. not included in the 'simple' detail if a scientific name was specified as an input parameter |
sciName | sci-name | species scientific name. not included in the 'simple' detail if a scientific name was specified as an input parameter |
obsDt | obs-dt | observation date formatted according to ISO 8601 (e.g. 'YYYY-MM-DD', |
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'YYYY-MM-DD |
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hh:mm'). |
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Hours |
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and |
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minutes |
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are |
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excluded |
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if |
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the |
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observer |
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did |
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not |
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report |
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observation |
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time. |
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howMany | how-many | The number observed. Not included if only presence was noted |
locID | loc-id | unique identifier for the location |
locName | loc-name | location name |
lat | lat | latitude of the location |
lng | lng | longitude of the location |
numChecklists | num-checklists | the number of checklists reporting the species |
obsReviewed | obs-reviewed | 'true' if obs has been reviewed. 'false' otherwise |
obsValid | obs-valid | 'true' if obs has been deemed valid by a regional reviewer. 'false' otherwise |
XML Example Result
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\\ | The number observed. Not included if only presence was noted \\ | | locID | loc-id \\ | unique identifier for the location \\ | | locName | loc-name \\ | location name \\ | | lat | lat \\ | latitude of the location \\ | | lng | lng \\ | longitude of the location | | numChecklists | num-checklists | the number of checklists reporting the species | | obsReviewed | obs-reviewed \\ | 'true' if obs has been reviewed. 'false' otherwise \\ | | obsValid | obs-valid \\ | 'true' if obs has been deemed valid by a regional reviewer. 'false' otherwise \\ | h4. XML Example Result {noformat} <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <response> <header> <locale country="US" language="en"/> <timestamp> 2009-07-01T10:29:53.035-04:00 </timestamp> <criteria> <command> <fmt> xml </fmt> <include-provisional> true </include-provisional> <r> L99381 </r> <back> 30 </back> <max-results> 500 </max-results> <detail> simple </detail> </command> </criteria> </header> <result> <sighting> <loc-id> L99381 </loc-id> <obs-dt> 2009-06-24 17:00 </obs-dt> <obs-reviewed> false </obs-reviewed> <obs-valid> true </obs-valid> <num-checklists> 4 </num-checklists> <loc-name> Stewart Park </loc-name> <how-many> 1 </how-many> <lat> 42.4613266 </lat> <lng> -76.5059255 </lng> <com-name> Barn Swallow </com-name> <sci-name> Hirundo rustica </sci-name> </sighting> </result> </response> {noformat} h4. JSON Example Result {noformat} |
JSON Example Result
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[{
"locID": "L99381",
"lat": 42.4613266,
"howMany": 1,
"locName": "Stewart Park",
"obsValid": true,
"lng": -76.5059255,
"sciName": "Hirundo rustica",
"numChecklists": 4,
"obsReviewed": false,
"obsDt": "2009-06-24 17:00",
"comName": "Barn Swallow"
}]
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