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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
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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="69f7c5ae17e2bbce-82e8b76b-47214808-bf3ab9a1-5d94c002a2d8cc943a166d3f"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | lat | y | n/a | [-90,90] | 42.46 | latitude | ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> | |
<ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="bb4f214cda907961-f5e3b9cb-44ee4322-9494a9f8-7b477759e3dec6d43a0f02c8"><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="b1407b26cd6e6a99-74a5f92e-493646eb-ae81b5c0-b1764ffd76979980d3e0ac28"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | dist | 25 | [0,250] for notable sightings, [0,50] otherwise | 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="13aaa32f8b052f8c-99097c97-43294705-a9f1892b-73a5a5e6f275ea053aad51df"><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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