eBird Web Services - Version 1.1

Data Source	Version	Status	Notes
eBird	1.1	deployed	enhances and supersedes v1.0 API

NOTE: Please migrate to Version 2.0 of the APIs. These 1.1 APIs will gradually be phased out over time.

Endpoints

ebird.org/ws1.1
This is the root of version 1.1. of eBird-specific web services.
- ws1.1/data
  This path contains data services.
  - ws1.1/data/obs/geo/recent
    returns recent nearby observations
  - ws1.1/data/obs/geo_spp/recent
    returns recent nearby observations of a species
  - ws1.1/data/obs/hotspot/recent
    returns recent observations at hotspots
  - ws1.1/data/obs/hotspot_spp/recent
    returns recent observations of a species at hotspots
  - ws1.1/data/obs/loc/recent
    returns recent observations at locations
  - ws1.1/data/obs/loc_spp/recent
    returns recent observations of a species at locations
  - ws1.1/data/obs/region/recent
    returns recent observations in a region
  - ws1.1/data/obs/region_spp/recent
    returns recent observations of a species in a region
  - ws1.1/data/notable/geo/recent
    returns recent nearby notable observations
  - ws1.1/data/notable/hotspot/recent
    returns recent notable observations at hotspots
  - ws1.1/data/notable/loc/recent
    returns recent notable observations at locations
  - ws1.1/data/notable/region/recent
    returns recent notable observations in a region
  - ws1.1/data/nearest/geo_spp/recent
    returns nearest locations with observations of a species
- ws1.1/product
  This path contains products consisting of aggregated raw data.
  - ws1.1/product/obs/hotspot/recent
    This service provides a summary of recent sightings for birding hotspots.
- ws1.1/ref
  This path contains supporting lookup services for the /data and /product services
  - ws1.1/ref/taxa
    returns species in the ebird taxonomy
  - ws1.1/ref/hotspot/region
    provides a list of eBird hotspots for a given region, optionally filtered to those with recent data
  - ws1.1/ref/hotspot/geo
    provides a list of nearby eBird hotspots, optionally filtered to those with recent data
  - ws1.1/ref/location
    returns location-based look-up data
- ebird.org/wstools1.1
  This is location of gadget code and demo pages.
- ebird.org/tools/google
  This is location of original gadget code and demo pages.
  - ebird.org/tools/google/notable-birds.xml
    This is location of gadget code for notable birds by state within the US.
  - ebird.org/tools/google/notable-birds-canada.xml
    This is location of gadget code for notable birds by province/territory within the Canada
- ebird.org/wsresource1.1
  This is the root of the static resources that version 1.1 of the web services require.
- wsresource1.1/images
- wsresource1.1/css
- wsresource1.1/js

Making Sense of Endpoint URLs

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