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Returns the 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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<ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="b9730385a240b705-b68f329c-4f544b67-86a6af28-31b03a0a7924dec077b73dd6"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | lng | y | n/a | [-180,180] | -76.51 | decimal longitude |
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<ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="c070b63bd072fb7d-eca33126-4c194c8e-8654a7f8-a5f9b972d786b13b91386327"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | dist | 25 | [0,50] | 15 | distance defining area of interest from given lat/lng in kilometers |
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<ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="f546926c96c13abb-7c2137b7-48e14d48-a639a381-404b1a60485571b915bc84e9"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | back |
| 14 | [1,30] | 7 | the number of days back to look for observations |
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<ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="d6ca8f94f55042a8-9a54487b-444f4b66-91e9bc48-0ddc35b01c8dbcd1c749ab6e"><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 |
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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). 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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