eBird Web Services - Version 1.1

API

This API enhances the originally released eBird 1.0 API

• ebird.org/ws1.1
  This is the root of eBird-specific web services.
  • ws1.1/data
    This path contains data services.
    • ws1.1/data/obs/notable/recent
      This data service provides notable sightings (rare & unusual) on a state or country basis. Records returned are species oriented. (I.e. not checklists)
    • ws1.1/data/hotspot/list
      This data service provides list of eBird hotspots on a state or country basis.
    • Raw Data Services--all of these services return recent sighting information in the results
      • ws1.1/data/obs/geo/recent
        • returns recent nearby observations
      • ws1.1/data/obs/geo_spp/recent
        • returns recent nearby observations of a species
      • ws1.1/data/obs/hotspot/recent
        • returns recent observations at hotspots
      • ws1.1/data/obs/hotspot_spp/recent
        • returns recent observations of a species at hotspots
      • ws1.1/data/obs/loc/recent
        • returns recent observations at locations
      • ws1.1/data/obs/loc_spp/recent
        • returns recent observations of a species at locations
      • ws1.1/data/obs/region/recent
        • returns recent observations in a region
      • ws1.1/data/obs/region_spp/recent
        • returns recent observations of a species in a region
      • ws1.1/data/notable/geo/recent
        • returns recent nearby notable observations
      • ws1.1/data/notable/hotspot/recent
        • returns recent notable observations at hotspots
      • ws1.1/data/notable/loc/recent
        • returns recent notable observations at locations
      • ws1.1/data/notable/region/recent
        • returns recent notable observations in a region
      • ws1.1/data/nearest/geo_spp/recent
        • returns nearest locations with observations of a species

• • ws1.1/product
    This path contains products consisting of aggregated raw data.
    • ws1.1/product/byloc/recent
      This data service provides a summary of recent sightings for up to three hotspot locIDs.
  • ws1.1/ref
    This path contains supporting lookup services for the /data and /product services
    • ws1.1/ref/taxa
  • ebird.org/wstools1.1
    This is location of gadget code and demo pages.
• ebird.org/wsresource1.1
  This is the root of the static resources that version 1.1 of the web services require.
  • wsresource1.1/images
  • wsresource1.1/css
  • wsresource1.1/js