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Description
Returns a list of all bird species observed the most recent sighting date and specific location for the requested species of bird reported within the number of days specified by the "back" parameter and reported in a given list of hotspots along with their most recent sighting and location.
This is part of the eBird version 1.1 API.
URL
Base URL
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/obs/hotspot_spp/recent
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http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/obs/hotspot_spp/recent?r=L99381&sci=larus%20delawarensis
Fully specified:
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/obs/hotspot_spp/recent?r=L99381&r=L104031&sci=larus%20delawarensisbacklarus%20delawarensis&back=5&maxResults=500&detail=simple&locale=en_US&fmt=json&includeProvisional=true
Parameter Descriptions
Parameter Name | Required | Default | Value Options | Example Value | Description |
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back |
| 14 | 1 - 30 integer | 7 | the number of days back to look for observations |
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 | |
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, xml | json | format of the response |
r | yes |
| any hotspot locID | L99381 | Code(s) for region of interest; here, regions are the locIDs of hotspots. LocIDs that are not valid or are not hotspots are ignored. Maximum of 10 locIDs. |
includeProvisional |
| false | true,false | false | set to true if you'd like flagged records that have not yet been reviewed to be included in the results |
sci | yes |
| any scientific name | larus%20delawarensis | scientific name of the species of interest (not case sensitive). See eBird-1.1-SpeciesReference for a complete list of supported scientific names |
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