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Description
Returns the nearest N locations (specified with the maxResults parameter) with observations of a species. Result is not necessarily in sorted order.
Base URL
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=-76.51&lat=42.46&sci=branta%20canadensis
Fully specified:Example
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/nearest/geo_spp/recent?lng=-76.50741651&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="c05e95c2-32ec-4e67-9345-b1bc21b71cb8"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | lat | y | 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="00be0bae-0650-4e83-80ca-258b29491391"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | lng | y | n/a | , two decimal places of precision required | |
lng | yes | -180.00 - 180.00 decimal [-180,180] | -76.51 | decimal longitude |
| ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> | <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="c0e29111-dca1-4319-aa97-a472c1a8655b"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | dist | 25 | [0,50] | 15 | distance defining area 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="a5cf1ece-6325-4775-be8b-a660f8d1dd8a"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[, two decimal places of precision required | |
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="a9c52e42-7f70-4dcc-9d19-f83dc4b3af52"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | ||||||||
maxResults |
| unlimited 1000 | 1 - 1000 integer [1,10000] | 10 | the maximum number of result rows to return in this request ; to get all results do not include this parameter |
| ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> | detail |
| simple | simple, full | simple |
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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. |
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fmt |
| xml json | json, xml | json | format of the response | |||||||||||
sci | yes y |
| 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 | true,false | false | set to true if results should be limited to sightings at hotspots |
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includeProvisional |
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Results
General result comments
Format
General format notes.
JSON
Specific format notes.
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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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