Description
Returns recent sightings of a species in a region
This is part of the eBird version 1.1 API.
URL
Base URL
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/obs/region_spp/recent
Examples
Minimal:
Fully specified:
Parameter Descriptions
Parameter Name |
Required |
Default |
Value Options |
Example Value |
Description |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
rtype |
yes |
|
country, subnational1, subnational2 |
subnational1 |
the region type you are interested in. |
|
r |
yes |
|
|
|
region code corresponding to selected region type. see region code reference |
|
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). See eBird-1.1-SpeciesReference for a complete list of supported scientific names |
|
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 |
|
hotspot |
|
false |
true, false |
false |
set to true if results should be limited to sightings at birding hotspots |