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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<ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="8076c2e0-a89a-45b8-9bd2-aedaa140856a"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ |
lat |
y |
n/a |
[-90,90] |
42.46 |
latitude |
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]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> |
<ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="15ee6b93-90ce-469f-9b1a-43e176911ae9"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ |
lng |
y |
n/a |
[-180,180] |
-76.51 |
longitude |
|
]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> |
<ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="715b15b7-dd58-4c70-b797-5cce6db04283"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ |
dist |
|
25 |
[0,50] |
15 |
distance defining area of interest from given lat/lng in miles |
|
]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> |
<ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="6fcb043b-98fe-4081-9b49-12d937e50e62"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ |
back |
|
14 |
[1,30] |
7 |
daysBack, the number of days since the current date to look for observations |
|
]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> |
maxResults |
|
unlimited |
any integer >= 0 |
10 |
the maximum number of result rows to return in this request |
|
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detail |
|
simple |
simple, full |
simple |
|
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locale |
|
en_US |
java standard locale codes |
fr_CA |
Language/locale of response (when translations are available). |
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fmt |
|
json |
csv,xml,json,rss |
xml |
Format of the response |
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