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Description

Returns a list of all bird species seen within a nearby area, along with their most recent sighting date and specific location.

URL

Base URL

http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/obs/geo/recent

Examples

Minimal:

http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/obs/geo/recent?lng=-76.51&lat=42.46

Fully specified:

http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/obs/geo/recent?lng=-76.51&lat=42.46&dist=2&back=5&maxResults=500&detail=simple&locale=en_US&fmt=json

Parameter Descriptions

parameter

required

default

value options

example value

description

status

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lat

y

n/a

[-90,90]

42.46

decimal latitude, no more than two decimal places of precision to facilitate caching


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lng

y

n/a

[-180,180]

-76.51

decimal longitude, no more than two decimal places of precision to facilitate caching

 

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dist


25

[0,50]

15

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

 

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back

 

14

[1,30]

7

the number of days back to look for observations

 

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maxResults

 


[1,10000]

10

the maximum number of result rows to return in this request; to get all results do not include this parameter

 

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detail

 

simple

simple, full

simple

see result field descriptions

 

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

 

json

json

json

format of the response

 

Results and Error Conditions

See the page on Result Field Descriptions for Raw Data Services

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