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 version 1.1. of eBird-specific web services.
  • ws1.1/data
    This path contains data services.
    • 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/obs/hotspot/recent
      This service provides a summary of recent sightings for birding hotspots.
  • ws1.1/ref
    This path contains supporting lookup services for the /data and /product services
    • ws1.1/ref/taxa
      returns species in the ebird taxonomy
    • ws1.1/ref/hotspot/region
      provides a list of eBird hotspots for a given region
  • 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