Avian Knowledge Network Web Services - Version 1.0
Data Source
Version
Status
Avian Knowledge Network
1.0
development; partially deployed
ebird.org/ws1.0*
This is the root of all CLO-IS AKN-related web services. If a service is useful to both eBird and AKN, it would reside here. There is no duplication of services between this URL and the eBird web services.
ws1.0/ref
This path contains reference data services listing standard codes.
ws1.0/ref/country
This data service provides a list of country codes. This includes all codes, not just codes for which data is held.
ws1.0/ref/subnational1
This data service provides a list of top level, sub-national codes (i.e. states, provinces). This includes all codes, not just codes for which data is held.
ws1.0/ref/subnational2
This data service provides a list of second level, sub-national codes (i.e. counties, parishes). This includes all codes, not just codes for which data is held.
ws1.0/ref/bcr
This data service provides a list of Bird Conservation Region (BCR) codes. This includes all codes, not just codes for which data is held.
ws1.0/ref/covar
This data service provides listings and metadata response for all AKN COVAR_SPAT layers.
ws1.0/data
This path contains raw data services and reference data derived from raw data (e.g., species lists).
ws1.0/data/collections
This data service provides a list of codes designating data collections that can be utilized where a data collection code is required in an API.
ws1.0/data/species
This data service provides information about what species for which data is held.
ws1.0/data/covar
This data service provides AKN COVAR_SPAT layer values for locations in decimal latitude & longitude format or for GlobalUniqueIdentifiers.
ws1.0/productFrequency Histogram Service no longer supported - to be discontinued effective February 1, 2012
This path contains non-raw data that has been summarized in some way.
ws1.0/product/freqhist
This data service provide summarized data suitable for making frequency histograms.
ebird.org/wsresource1.0*
This is the root of the static resources that the version 1.0 AKN web services require.