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Created by
user-ad27b, last updated by Paul Allen on Jul 08, 2009
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Description
Get a list of eBird hotspots, for a specific region.
This is part of the eBird version 1.1 API.
URL
Base URL
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/hotspot/region
Examples
Minimal:
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/hotspot/region?rtype=subnational1&r=US-NV
Fully specified:
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/hotspot/region?rtype=subnational1&r=US-NV&fmt=xml
Parameter Descriptions
Parameter Name |
Required |
Default |
Value Options |
Example Value |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
rtype |
yes |
|
country,subnational1,subnational2 |
subnational1 |
the region type you are interested in. |
r |
yes |
|
|
|
region code corresponding to selected region type. see region code reference |
fmt |
|
csv |
csv, xml |
csv |
format of the response |
CSV Result Format
<loc ID>,<country code>,<subnational1 code>,<subnational2 code>,<latitude>,<longitude>,"<name>"
<loc ID>,<country code>,<subnational1 code>,<subnational2 code>,<latitude>,<longitude>,<name>
Example
L269709,US,US-NV,US-NV-031,39.5384031,-119.8360348,"Lake Park, Reno"
L124349,US,US-NV,US-NV-031,39.645836,-119.83723,Lemmon Valley Marsh
L124350,US,US-NV,US-NV-031,39.500583,-119.80673,Virginia Lake
L125288,US,US-NV,US-NV-031,39.305553,-119.90611,Ophir Trail
XML Result Format
Example
<response>
<header>
<locale country="" language="en"/>
<timestamp>
2009-06-24T10:42:47.647-04:00
</timestamp>
<criteria>
<fmt>
xml
</fmt>
<r>
US-NV
</r>
<rtype>
subnational1
</rtype>
</criteria>
</header>
<result>
<location>
<loc-id>
L124349
</loc-id>
<country-code>
US
</country-code>
<subnational1-code>
US-NV
</subnational1-code>
<lng>
-119.83723
</lng>
<lat>
39.645836
</lat>
<subnational2-code>
US-NV-031
</subnational2-code>
<loc-name>
Lemmon Valley Marsh
</loc-name>
</location>
<location>
<loc-id>
L124350
</loc-id>
<country-code>
US
</country-code>
<subnational1-code>
US-NV
</subnational1-code>
<lng>
-119.80673
</lng>
<lat>
39.500583
</lat>
<subnational2-code>
US-NV-031
</subnational2-code>
<loc-name>
Virginia Lake
</loc-name>
</location>
</result>
</response>