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Description
Returns a list all recent observations of notable bird species (along with their most recent sighting and location) in near a given area.
This is part of the eBird version 1.1 API.
URL
Base URL
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/notable/geo/recent
Examples
Minimal:
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/notable/geo/recent
?lng=-76.51&lat=42.46
Fully specified:Example
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/notable/geo/recent?lng=-76.50741651&lat=42.4599446&dist=2&back=5&maxResults=500&detail=simple&locale=en_US&fmt=json
Parameter Descriptions
parameter Parameter Name | required Required | Default default | value options | example value | description | status | Value Options | Example Value | Description | |||||||
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lat | yes | -90.00 - 90.00 decimal | <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="70a23f32-03a1-4700-9ee5-2b7fbbe5e76f"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | lat | y | n/a | [-90,90] | 42.46 | decimal latitude | ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> | <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="d33c4c71-50b8-4f9b-9729-aaefe7f9b6f7"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | lng | y | n/a | , two decimal places of precision required | |
lng | yes | -180.00 - 180.00 decimal [-180,180] | -76.51 | decimal longitude, two decimal places of precision required | ||||||||||||
| ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> | <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="98fa7e3a-29b6-4e46-8282-5bbad79e9b31"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | dist | 250 [ | 0 ,- 250 ] integer | 15 100 | 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="77fabf24-9ada-43a0-a5d5-423b86d386eb"><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="b9e3046d-93af-4095-a0df-33c2ba58be52"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | maxResults |
| unlimited | [ 1 ,- 10000 ] integer | 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 | toggle to restrict results to either all or a subset of sighting fields. see result field descriptions | |||||||||||
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 |
| xml json | json, xml | json | format of the response | |||||||||||
hotspot |
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Results
General result comments
Format
General format notes.
JSON
Specific format notes.
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false | true,false | false | set to true if results should be limited to sightings at birding hotspots |
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