eBird

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Bird observation database by Cornell Lab — global birding hotspots, checklists, and species data

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GET/v2/data/obs/{regionCode}/recent

Get recent bird observations

Parameters

backintegeroptional

regionCodestringrequired

Returns

observations[] with speciesCode, comName, sciName, locName, obsDt, howMany, lat, lng, locationPrivate

GET/v2/ref/hotspot/geo

Get birding hotspots

Parameters

latnumberrequired

lngnumberrequired

distintegeroptional

Returns

hotspots[] with locId, locName, countryCode, lat, lng, numSpeciesAllTime, latestObsDt

GET/v2/ref/taxonomy/ebird

Get bird taxonomy

Parameters

catstringoptional

speciesstringoptional

Returns

taxa[] with speciesCode, comName, sciName, familyComName, order, category