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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

back

 


1 - 30 integer

7

the number of days back to look for sightings; all hotspots are returned if this parameter is not present

fmt

 

csv

csv, xml

csv

format of the response

Result Fields

Field (XML)

Description

loc-id

unique id for the location

country-code

country ISO code

subnational1-code

state/province ISO code

subnational2-code

county code

lat

latitude of the location

lng

longitude of the location

loc-name

location name

Example Responses

CSV

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 

<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>

Caching Information

For details on caching of results by our servers, see eBird-1.1-CacheInformation

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