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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
ExamplesExample
Minimal:
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/nearest/geo_spp/recent?lng=-76.51&lat=42.46&hotspot=true&sci=branta%20canadensissci=branta%20canadensis
Fully specified:
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="9a265dc3-6c02-4466-b292-577fd08ae7ad"><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="0f047426-c4a3-45ad-977f-6cc8b318d31b"><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, 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="80a3b7ca-7c4c-4e2e-a252-0119f4f82d85"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | dist | 25 | [ 0 ,- 50 ] integer | 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="b412ae0d-14fe-40f5-849b-688356c4ad60"><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="775eaa44-4017-40ab-88a5-08f9ed240e62"><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 |
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detail |
| 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. |
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fmt |
| json | json, xml | json | format of the response |
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sci | yes y |
| any scientific name | larus%20delawarensis | scientific name of the species of interest (not case sensitive). See the eBird taxonomy 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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Results and Error Conditions
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