Description

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

Example URL

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

y

n/a

[-90,90]

42.46

latitude


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lng

y

n/a

[-180,180]

-76.51

longitude

 

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dist


25

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

15

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

 

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back

 

14

[1,30]

7

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

 

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maxResults

 

unlimited

any integer >= 0

10

the maximum number of result rows to return in this request

 

detail

 

simple

simple, full

simple


 

locale

 

en_US

java standard locale codes

fr_CA

Language/locale of response (when translations are available).

 

fmt

 

json

csv,xml,json,rss

xml

Format of the response