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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.
URL
Base URL
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/obs/geo/recent
ExampleExamples
Basic:
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/obs/geo/recent?lng=-76.51&lat=42.46
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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="0e5efc7c55bffe5b-66f103ac-47c74844-aac09be7-d72e59fd093d7c494533aabe"><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="feeb1714b73379a4-0e816f6d-44354b7a-8baab14e-df876f5d5a730638a9a512fa"><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="99662c4102ce8dbe-e58c32c7-457c430b-9be7adc7-f4d383b66afb5e6bfe5c4769"><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="cb6b8385a939692d-f90b68d7-4e8d4ebd-a7eab776-f05a47626e1a26546f97b204"><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 |
| ]]></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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