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Returns a list of all bird species (along with their most recent sighting and location) in a given area.
Base URL
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/nearestobs/geo_spp/recent
Example
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/nearestobs/geo_spp/recent?lng=-76.507416&lat=42.45994&hotspot=true&sci=branta%20canadensis
Parameter Descriptions
parameter | required | default | value options | example value | description | status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
<ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="1bbc9b970edbb6b7-115b2fc4-40704e8d-9daf9de9-ff6fbbc9448df5ecac6f6891"><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="f7d72cd7d28630ec-845ef6d9-47f74668-9946be7e-7eca78a72799d1dad48a8e89"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | lng | y | n/a | [-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="aefe3ef7d022c8ca-18c4f1df-49df4894-8ac0a66d-50bf947a0d6fe49a453e14eb"><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="e3994487215fae68-360c3271-40e947c8-92ebb230-4948c733e36f65bc63afc730"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | back |
| 14 | [1,30] | 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="3379f7ee7eb7a76c-c9eda0dc-455d4a91-b3c8a598-b7b885037b75294a53712317"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | maxResults |
| unlimited | [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 |
| |||
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 |
| json | json | json | format of the response |
| ||
sci | y |
| any scientific name | larus%20delawarensis | scientific name of the species of interest |
| ||
hotspot |
| false | true,false | false | set to true if results should be limited to sightings at hotspots |
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