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h2. Description
Returns the most recent observations of a speciessighting date and specific location for each species of bird reported within the number of days specified by the "back" parameter and reported in a given area.
This is part of the [eBird version 1.1 API|eBird API 1.1].
h2. URL
*Base URL*
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/obs/geo_spp/recent]\\
*Examples*
Minimal:
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/obs/geo_spp/recent?lng=-76.51&lat=42.46&sci=branta%20canadensis]
Fully specified:
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/obs/geo_spp/recent?lng=-76.51&lat=42.46&sci=branta%20canadensis&dist=2&back=5&maxResults=500&locale=en_US&fmt=json&includeProvisional=true]
h2. Parameter Descriptions
|| Parameter Name || Required || Default \\ || Value Options \\ || Example Value \\ || Description ||
| lat | yes \\ | \\ | \-90.00 - 90.00 decimal \\ | 42.46 \\ | decimal latitude, two decimal places of precision required |
| lng | yes \\ | \\ | \-180.00 - 180.00 decimal | \-76.51 | decimal longitude, two decimal places of precision required |
| dist \\ | \\ | 25 | 0 - 50 integer \\ | 15 | distance defining area of interest from given lat/lng in kilometers \\ |
| 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 \\ |
| 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 \\ |
| sci \\ | yes \\ | | any scientific name \\ | larus%20delawarensis \\ | scientific name of the species of interest (not case sensitive). This only accepts scientific names of the category "species" and will generate an "unknown species" error for names in any other category. See [eBird-1.1-SpeciesReference] for a list of supported scientific names and a complete list of categories.\\ | |
| hotspot \\ | | false \\ | true,false \\ | false \\ | set to true if results should be limited to sightings at hotspots \\ | |
| 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 \\ |
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