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Description
Returns a list of all bird species (along with their most recent sighting and location) in a given areathe nearest N locations (specified with the maxResults parameter) with observations of a species. Result is not necessarily in sorted order.
Base URL
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/nearest/geo_spp/recent
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parameter | required | default | value options | example value | description | status | ||
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| 14 | [1,30] | 7 | the number of days back to look for observations |
| ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> |
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| 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 |
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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. |
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fmt |
| json | json | json | format of the response |
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sci | y |
| any scientific name | larus%20delawarensis | scientific name of the species of interest |
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hotspot |
| false | true,false | true | set to true if results should be limited to sightings at hotspots |
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