Description

Returns all recent observations of notable bird species near a given area.

 This is part of the eBird version 1.1 API.

URL

Base URL

http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/notable/geo/recent

Examples

Minimal:

http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/notable/geo/recent?lng=-76.51&lat=42.46

Fully specified:

http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/notable/geo/recent?lng=-76.51&lat=42.46&dist=2&back=5&maxResults=500&detail=simple&locale=en_US&fmt=json

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


250

0 - 250 integer

100

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

detail

 

simple

simple, full

simple

toggle to restrict results to either all or a subset of sighting fields.  see result field descriptions 

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

hotspot

 

false

true,false

false

set to true if results should be limited to sightings at birding hotspots

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