Description
Returns a list of all species in the eBird taxonomy for the given combination of categories. The default category is "species". Any taxon with the category of 'species' may be used as a parameter in service calls that take a scientific name. Any taxon not in this category will be rejected by these services at this time.
This is part of the eBird version 1.1 API.
URL
Base URL
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/taxa
Examples
Minimal:
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/taxa/ebird
Fully specified:
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/taxa/ebird?cat=subspecies&cat=species&fmt=xml&version=1.049&locale=en_US
Parameter Descriptions
Parameter Name |
Required |
Default |
Value Options |
Example Value |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
cat |
no |
species |
subspecies,slash,domestic,species,spuh,hybrid |
hybrid |
For more info about the meaning of species categories, see http://ebird.org/content/ebird/about/ebird-taxonomy |
locale |
no |
en_US |
fr_CA,es_MX,es_PR,ht_HT,fr,fr_HT,es_CU,es_PA,es_DO,en_NZ,es,es_CL |
fr_CA |
The locale for the taxon common name |
fmt |
no |
csv |
xml,csv |
xml |
|
version |
no |
1.049 |
1.049 |
1.049 |
the taxonomic authority version number |
Result Field Descriptions
Field (XML) |
Description |
|---|---|
sci-name |
Scientific name |
com-name |
Common name |