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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="ee0d7929-21a1-4a46-b6d0-34d96b1bfabe"><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="c9c7117f-2e82-42a3-acba-3f54c9bd9c9d"><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 |
| ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> | <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="dad23033-b6a3-4559-b57c-1c2ab1b2f815"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[, two decimal places of precision required | |||||||||
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="9b40743f-13dc-4bf0-9843-f60f555da887"><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="ac29f08d-4aff-4b1e-89c3-3bc33cdc678e"><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. | |||||||||||
fmt |
| xml json | json, xml | json | format of the response | |||||||||||
hotspot |
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Results
General result comments
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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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