Returns a list of all bird species (along with their most recent sighting and location) in a given area.
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/obs/geo/recent
Example
http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/obs/geo/recent?lng=-76.507416&lat=42.45994
parameter |
required |
default |
value options |
example value |
description |
status |
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lat |
y |
n/a |
[-90,90] |
42.46 |
decimal latitude |
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lng |
y |
n/a |
[-180,180] |
-76.51 |
decimal longitude |
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dist |
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25 |
[0,50] |
15 |
distance defining area of interest from given lat/lng in kilometers |
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back |
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14 |
[1,30] |
7 |
the number of days back to look for observations |
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maxResults |
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unlimited |
[1,10000] |
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 |
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simple |
simple, full |
simple |
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locale |
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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 |
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json |
json |
json |
format of the response |
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General result comments
General format notes.
[{"lat":42.4791969,"howMany":"39","locName":"Sapsucker Woods","locID":"L97555","speciesName":"Mallard","lng":-76.4513778,"obsDt":"Mar 2, 2009"},{"lat":42.4791969,"howMany":"8","locName":"Sapsucker Woods","locID":"L97555","speciesName":"Mourning Dove","lng":-76.4513778,"obsDt":"Mar 2, 2009"}]
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