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Description

Returns a list of all bird species observed in a given list of locations along with their most recent sighting and location.

 This is part of the eBird version 1.1 API.

URL

Base URL

http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/obs/loc_spp/recent

Examples

Minimal:

http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/obs/loc_spp/recent?r=L99381&sci=larus%20delawarensis

Fully specified:

http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/obs/loc_spp/recent?r=L99381&r=L104031&sci=larus%20delawarensisback=5&maxResults=500&detail=simple&locale=en_US&fmt=json&includeProvisional=true

Parameter Descriptions

Parameter Name

Required

Default

Value Options

Example Value

Description

back

 

14

1 - 30 integer

7

the number of days back to look for observations

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

simple, full

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.

fmt

 

xml

json, xml

json

format of the response

r

yes

 

any locID

L99381

Code(s) for region of interest; here, regions are any locID. Maximum of 10 locIDs.

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

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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