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Description
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
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Parameter Descriptions
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="a4a9be233cbe5459-86548168-4e7a4a9a-b52facbb-7acb4cfbb03e90eeccbb0dcc"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | lng | y | n/a | [-180.00,180.00] decimal | -76.51 | decimal longitude, no more than two decimal places of precision to facilitate caching required |
| ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> |
<ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="a1bf98aba94db23e-6cac1e77-49f5440c-b53fb36d-a7be1d497731d9f133f1d879"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | dist | 25 | [0,50] integer | 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="4b694fc75ccac3ff-121fba8a-47c04d5f-b7cb8623-ce7dd81ec4a9c48a8d976715"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | back |
| 14 | [1,30] integer | 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="939d4b0ad26c20e9-4ce9deeb-410f465e-a1fa9468-e2f1712a3f6ad90782645412"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | maxResults |
| [1,10000] integer | 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 |
Results and Error Conditions
See the page on Result Field Descriptions for Raw Data Services
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