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Returns a list of all bird species (along with their most recent sighting and location) in a given area.
Base URL
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/nearestobs/geo_spp/recent
Example
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/nearestobs/geo_spp/recent?lng=-76.507416&lat=42.45994&hotspot=true&sci=branta%20canadensis
Parameter Descriptions
parameter | required | default | value options | example value | description | status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
<ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="72255a6e2b739c28-fbfc4b34-4c2248a7-84eabb95-a62b00cb083e6ed0e4ea387c"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | lat | y | n/a | [-90,90] | 42.46 | decimal latitude | ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> | |
<ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="b3917bf5f6d41bac-f4d6126e-4b8e485c-9db9acb7-2e9c7e1cb044b20242f4fdbb"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | lng | y | n/a | [-180,180] | -76.51 | decimal longitude |
| ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> |
<ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="7094d247b6cdf4f8-c6c41ce1-405740de-b5d99a65-a4b05a6e86b730b4b28579f5"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | dist | 25 | [0,50] | 15 | distance defining area of interest from given lat/lng in kilometers |
| ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> | |
<ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="1cdae22237f2e952-aef6386e-40f244af-9f038d72-63da437bb0b8b715624cfa9f"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | back |
| 14 | [1,30] | 7 | the number of days back to look for observations |
| ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> |
<ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="5b2f41b98ebd339b-3ff5131c-473a4cee-90e9950f-22a8dc3915ed71a917b07425"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | maxResults |
| unlimited | [1,10000] | 10 | the maximum number of result rows to return in this request; to get all results do not include this parameter |
| ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> |
detail |
| simple | simple, full | simple |
| |||
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 |
| ||
sci | y |
| any scientific name | larus%20delawarensis | scientific name of the species of interest |
| ||
hotspot |
| false | true,false | false | set to true if results should be limited to sightings at hotspots |
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