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Description
Returns the nearest N locations (specified with the maxResults parameter) with observations of a species.
This is part of the eBird version 1.1 API.
URL
Base URL
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/nearest/geo_spp/recent
Examples
Minimal:
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/nearest/geo_spp/recent?lng=-76.50741651&lat=42.46&sci=branta%20canadensis
Fully specified:
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/nearest/geo_spp/recent?lng=-76.51&lat=42.4599446&sci=branta%20canadensis&hotspot=true&sci=branta%20canadensis&back=5&maxResults=500&locale=en_US&fmt=json&includeProvisional=true
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="790d9706-b7ed-4968-8103-b07f9264436a"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | lat | n/a | [-90,90] | 42.46 | decimal latitude | ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> | <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="000dec0f-d150-43c5-b8ff-9452dd99dd6c"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | lng | n/a | , 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 | ||||||||||
back |
| ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> | <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="d2b9747f-a78d-48e0-9ec6-92280588ad7d"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | 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> | 1000 | 1 - 1000 integer | <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="a311176b-922e-4326-a067-1d8f343f3490"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | maxResults |
| n/a | [0,infinity) | 10 | the maximum number of result rows to return in this request | |||
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 | |||||||||
sci | yes |
| any scientific name | larus%20delawarensis | scientific name of the species of interest (not case sensitive). See eBird-1.1-SpeciesReference for a complete list of supported scientific names |
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hotspot |
| false | ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> | hotspot | y | | true,false | false | whether set to restrict the results to birding hotspots |
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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 |
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