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Returns a list of all bird species (seen within a nearby area, along with their most recent sighting date and specific location) in a given area.
Base URL
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/obs/geo/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="1acbdd2e8b893c63-10231bde-485e4062-8a9d8f26-75236121e69d0a141bc755cb"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | 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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<ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="b098e1413ef10c9e-dfa2e500-47464f7f-8f628810-edb8ca3fea754b4e27cb475d"><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="27b3ed077a8d1ee1-6b0ea452-447b41b8-80f88e1e-4396a21ae78c8174c5c9fcb0"><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="975f429272a7efcd-0548afa8-4be7402e-b06191e7-26c8b7b594f5d9c6891737c9"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | 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 |
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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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