Recent eBird Observations Made Nearby a Location - Version 1.1
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Description
Returns the most recent sighting date and specific location for each species of bird reported within the number of days specified by the "back" parameter and reported in the specified area.
This is part of the eBird version 1.1 API.
URL
Base URL
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/obs/geo/recent
Examples
Minimal:
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/obs/geo/recent?lng=-76.51&lat=42.46
Fully specified:
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/obs/geo/recent?lng=-76.50741651&lat=42.4599446&dist=2&back=5&maxResults=500&locale=en_US&fmt=json
Parameter Descriptions
parameter Parameter Name | required Required | Default default | value options | example value | description | status | Value Options | Example Value | Description | |||||||
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lat | yes | -90.00 - 90.00 decimal | <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="5b994895-ec00-4469-b1f7-770e3fa87a0d"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | lat | n/a | [-90,90] | 42.46 | latitude | ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> | <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="234f8a91-fc18-4bc1-9779-b6ae4c1df9a9"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | lng | n/a | decimal latitude, two decimal places of precision required | |||
lng | yes | -180.00 - 180.00 decimal [-180,180] | -76.51 | decimal longitude, two decimal places of precision required | ||||||||||||
dist | 25 | 0 - 50 integer | longitude |
| ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> | <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="104e23d8-3b36-47db-a8a2-734cdcf9f36e"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | dist | 250 for notable sightings, 25 otherwise | [0,250] for notable sightings, [0,50] otherwise | 15 | distance defining area radius of interest from given lat/lng in miles |
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back db |
| 14 | [ 1 ,- 30 ] integer | 7 | daysBack, the number of days since the current date back to look for observations |
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| n/a | [0,infinity) | ||||
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 |
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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 | |||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||
hotspot |
| false | true, false | false | set to true if results should be limited to sightings at birding hotspots |
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