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Description
Returns all recent observations of notable bird species near a given area.
This is part of the eBird version 1.1 API.
URL
Base URL
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/notable/geo/recent
Examples
Minimal:
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/notable/geo/recent?lng=-76.507416.51&lat=42.46
Fully specified:
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/notable/geo/recent?lng=-76.51&lat=42.45994
46&dist=2&back=5&maxResults=500&detail=simple&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="c340f91f-6fd2-494c-917d-2dba7b940b06"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | lat | y | 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="fae5d095-da67-4e33-8ea0-364cad841101"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | lng | y | 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 | 250 | 0 - 250 integer | 100 | longitude |
| ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> | <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="49c32819-c8b0-4df0-8248-5f745fdcea43"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | dist | 25 | [0,50] | 15 | distance defining area of interest from given lat/lng in miles |
| ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> | <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="b88dba51-cb70-4965-9751-b415f25ade32"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | kilometers | |
back db |
| 14 | [ 1 ,- 30 ] integer | 7 | daysBack, the number of days since the current date back to look for observations | ||||||||||||
maxResults | ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> | <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version=" 1 " ac:macro-id="88a61280-25ae-467c-a35d-08ee7267ba47"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | maxResults |
| n/a | - 10000 integer [0,infinity) | 10 | the maximum number of result rows to return in this request; to get all results do not include this parameter | |||||||||
detail | ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> | simple | simple, full | simple | toggle to restrict results to either all or a subset of sighting fields. see result field descriptions | ||||||||||||
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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