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h2. Description

Returns a list of all species in the eBird taxonomy for the given combination of categories.  The default category is "species".  Any taxon with the category of 'species' may be used as a parameter in service calls that take a scientific name.  Any taxon not in this category will be rejected by these services at this time.

 This is part of the [eBird version 1.1 API|eBird-1.1].

h2. URL

*Base URL*

[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/taxa]

*Examples*

Minimal:

[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/taxa/ebird]

Fully specified:

[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/taxa/ebird?cat=species&fmt=xml&version=1.049&locale=en_US]

h2. Parameter Descriptions

|| Parameter Name || Required || Default || Value Options || Example Value || Description ||
| cat | no | species | subspecies,slash,domestic,species,spuh,hybrid | hybrid | For more info about the meaning of species categories, see [http://ebird.org/content/ebird/about/ebird-taxonomy] |
| locale | no | en_US | fr_CA,es_MX,es_PR,ht_HT,fr,fr_HT,es_CU,es_PA,es_DO,en_NZ,es,es_CL | fr_CA | The locale for the taxon common name |
| fmt \\ | no \\ | csv \\ | xml,csv \\ | xml \\ | |
| version \\ | no \\ | 1.049 \\ | 1.049 \\ | 1.049 \\ | the taxonomic authority version number \\ |

h3. Resources

The current eBird taxonomy can be downloaded [here|http://ebird.org/content/ebird/about/ebird-taxonomy]. 


h2. Result Field Descriptions

XML Example: [http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/taxa/ebird?fmt=xml]
CSV Example: [http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/taxa/ebird]

|| *Field (XML)* || *Description* ||
| sci-name | Scientific name |
| com-name | Common name |

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