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h2. Description

Returns location-based look-up data based on the rtype (Region Type) parameter; rtype options are: *bcr*, *country*, *subnational1*, and *subnational2*. Non-parameterized *list* URIs - lists all records for a specific rtype, *list* plus sub-category parameter URIs - lists those records matching the sub-category parameter, *find* URIs - search for matching records in the primary name field on whole word or partial word stubs passed visa the *match* parameter.

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

h2. URL

*Base URL*

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

*Examples*

Minimal *list*:

[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/list?rtype=bcr]
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/list?rtype=country]
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/list?rtype=subnational1]
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/list?rtype=subnational2]

Minimal *find*:

[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/find?rtype=bcr&match=north]
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/find?rtype=country&match=stan]
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/find?rtype=subnational1&match=new]
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/find?rtype=subnational2&match=west]

Fully specified *list*:

[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/list?rtype=bcr&fmt=csv]
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/list?rtype=bcr&fmt=xml]

[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/list?rtype=country&fmt=csv]
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/list?rtype=country&fmt=xml]

[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/list?rtype=subnational1&fmt=csv]
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/list?rtype=subnational1&fmt=xml]
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/list?rtype=subnational1&countryCode=AD]
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/list?rtype=subnational1&countryCode=JP&fmt=csv]
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/list?rtype=subnational1&countryCode=ZW&fmt=xml]

[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/list?rtype=subnational2&fmt=csv]
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/list?rtype=subnational2&fmt=xml]
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/list?rtype=subnational2&countryCode=US]
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/list?rtype=subnational2&countryCode=CA&fmt=csv]
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/list?rtype=subnational2&countryCode=NZ&fmt=xml]
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/list?rtype=subnational2&subnational1Code=GB-ENG]
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/list?rtype=subnational2&subnational1Code=CA-AB&fmt=csv]
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/list?rtype=subnational2&subnational1Code=nz-can&fmt=xml]

Fully specified *find*:

[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/find?rtype=bcr&match=south&fmt=csv]
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/find?rtype=bcr&match=west&fmt=xml]

[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/find?rtype=country&match=united&fmt=csv]
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/find?rtype=country&match=republic&fmt=xml]

[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/find?rtype=subnational1&match=west&fmt=csv]
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/find?rtype=subnational1&match=south&fmt=xml]

[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/find?rtype=subnational2&match=west&fmt=csv]
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/ref/location/find?rtype=subnational2&match=south&fmt=xml]


h2. Parameter Descriptions

|| Parameter Name || Required || Default || Value Options || Example Value || Description ||
| cat | no | species | domestic,form,hybrid,intergrade,issf,slash,species,spuh | 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 \\ | |

h3. Resources

The human readable version of the current eBird taxonomy can also be downloaded  [here|http://ebird.org/content/ebird/about/ebird-taxonomy]. 

h2. Result Fields

|| *Field (XML)* || *Description* ||
| sci-name | Scientific name |
| com-name | Common name |
| taxon-id | Taxonomic Concept identifier, note this is currently in test |

h3. Example Responses


h4. CSV

{noformat}
Rhea americana,Greater Rhea,TC000004
Rhea pennata,Lesser Rhea, TC000005
{noformat}

h4. XML

{noformat}
<response>
    <header>
        <locale country="" language="en"/>
        <timestamp>
            2009-07-08T10:39:42.150-04:00
        </timestamp>
        <criteria>
            <locale country="" language="en"/>
            <cat>
                species
            </cat>
            <fmt>
                xml
            </fmt>
        </criteria>
    </header>
    <result>
    <taxa>
        <com-name>
            Greater Rhea
        </com-name>
        <sci-name>
            Rhea americana
        </sci-name>
        <taxon-id>
            TC00000004
        </taxon-id>
    </taxa>
    <taxa>
        <com-name>
            Lesser Rhea
        </com-name>
        <sci-name>
            Rhea pennata
        </sci-name>
        <taxon-id>
            TC00000005
        </taxon-id>
    </taxa>
</response>
{noformat}

h2. Caching Information

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