rtype

auto-determined from 'r' parameter

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