Returns a list of all bird species (along with their most recent sighting and location) in a given area.

http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/obs/geo/recent?lng=-76.507416&lat=42.45994

Parameter Descriptions

parameter

required

default

value options

example value

description

status

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lat


n/a

[-90,90]

42.46

latitude


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lng


n/a

[-180,180]

-76.51

longitude

 

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dist


250 for notable sightings, 25 otherwise

[0,250] for notable sightings, [0,50] otherwise

15

distance defining area of interest from given lat/lng in miles

 

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db

 

14

[1,30]

7

daysBack, the number of days since the current date to look for observations

 

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maxResults

 

n/a

[0,infinity)

10

the maximum number of result rows to return in this request

 

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