Recent eBird Observations Made Nearby a Location - Version 1.1
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Description
Returns a list of all bird species seen within a nearby area, along with their 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
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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=-76.51&lat=42.46&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 | Value Options | Example Value | Description | ||||||
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lat | yes | <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="a07fbe99-5546-452a-99e4-a90a8fbd9c84"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | lat | y | n/a | [ -90.00 ,- 90.00 ] decimal | 42.46 | decimal latitude, two decimal places of precision required | ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> | <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="af860592-8a11-4c5d-b1cd-b29fb5016f87"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | lng | y | n/a | |
lng | yes | [ -180.00 ,- 180.00 ] decimal | -76.51 | decimal longitude, two decimal places of precision required | ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> | |||||||||
<ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="5fad7adf-a2cd-4614-af72-a61a45522f69"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | dist | 25 | [ 0 ,- 50 ] integer | 15 | distance defining area radius of interest from given lat/lng in kilometers | ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> | <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="c5cedb30-7cd5-44a0-bab3-878561c9985e"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | |||||||
back |
| 14 | [ 1 ,- 30 ] integer | 7 | the number of days back to look for observations | |||||||||
]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> | <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="744afce4-18fa-49f5-90c2-7fa438b33631"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | 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 | ||||||||
detail |
| simple | simple, full | simple | see result field descriptions tcl-add a description | |||||||||
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 | 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 |
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set to true if results should be limited to sightings at birding hotspots |
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