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service

required

dataService

deployed

AKN, EBIRD (i.e. this tells which warehouse to utilize)

AKN

none

location

required

location

deployed

One of eBird standard subnational1 codes , 2-letter ISO codes, integers 1-66, ebird subnat2 codes

US-FL

none

required

locationType

deployed

One of subnational1,country,bcr,subnational2

subnational1

none

period

• if specified, both must be provided
• constraint beginYear <= endYear
  

optional

beginYear

deployed

defines beginning of period of interest, in YYYY format

2000

1900

optional

endYear

deployed

defines end of period of interest, in YYYY format

2000

2008 (i.e., current year)

collection

• defines dataset(s) of interest
• required
• multiple collection codes may be requested by including a collection=value parameter for every collection of interest

collection

deployed

AKN collection codes, eBird project IDs; initially there will be no away to request the entirety of AKN data as a collection

valid collection codes for AKN dataService:
All, ARCTICSURVEY, BBS, Banding, GBBC, HawkCount, KBMNPC, LACP, LBMP, MBW, MMP, PFW, PIF_CA_AREA, PIF_CA_PC, PRBO-PC, RMBO-SS, RMBO_PT, EBIRD, EBIRD_AK, EBIRD_BCN, EBIRD_CA, EBIRD_CAN, EBIRD_CBW, EBIRD_CUBA, EBIRD_GCBO, EBIRD_HISP, EBIRD_KLAM_SISK, EBIRD_LWBA, EBIRD_MA, EBIRD_MEX, EBIRD_NY, EBIRD_PR, EBIRD_PRIMIG, EBIRD_TX, EBIRD_USVI, EBIRD_VT, EBIRD_WI

valid collection codes for EBIRD dataservice:
EBIRD

BBS

none

species

• optional
• data for multiple species may be requested by including a species=value parameter fro every species of interest

species

deployed

Specifies species of interest.

• Request species data using scientific name.

Sialia sialis

all

format

optional

format

deployed 

Specify response format. 

• "csv" = comma separated values
• "ht-full" = Response is a hypertext document
• "ht-frag" = Response is a hypertext <table> structure (usage: to be included inside an HTML wrapper)
• Not yet implemented:
  "img" = returns image for single species; valid only when single species is requested 
• Not yet implemented: "xml"

ht-full

csv

output

optional

output

deployed "f" implemented; "c" not implemented

What to return as values in csv and xml formats.

• "f" = returns frequency## A frequency data##  A year's data is divided into 48 time periods, 4 time periods for each month.
  1. An empty field represents no data available for that time period
  2. A field containing a "P" indicates the bird was reported on a checklist, but the checklist was not reporting all species.
  3. A field containing a "0" indicates that checklists were submitted for that time period, but that the species was not reported.
  4. A field containing a numeric value greater than 0 and less than or equal to 1 indicates the frequency of positive sightings for that time period. * Not yet implemented: "c" = returns category (integer, 1-5)
     
     

f

f

locale

optional

locale

not implemented

• defines language to use for common names
• Java standard locale code

en_US

en_US