Returns the most recent sighting information reported in a given region.
ebirdregion(region, species = NULL, regtype = NULL, back = NULL,
max = NULL, locale = NULL, provisional = FALSE, hotspot = FALSE,
sleep = 0, ...)(required) Region code corresponding to selected region type. For supported region and coding, see https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/CLOISAPI/eBird-1.1-RegionCodeReference
scientific name of the species of interest (not case sensitive). Defaults to NULL, in which case sightings for all species are returned. See eBird taxonomy for more information: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/about/ebird-taxonomy
Region type you are interested in. can be "country" (e.g. "US"), "subnational1" (states/provinces, e.g. "US-NV") or "subnational" (counties, not yet implemented, e.g. "US-NY-109"). Default behavior is to try and match according to the region specified.
Number of days back to look for observations (between 1 and 30, defaults to 14).
Maximum number of result rows to return in this request (between 1 and 10000, defaults to all)
Language/locale of response (when translations are available). See http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Locale.html (defaults to en_US)
Should flagged records that have not been reviewed be included? (defaults to FALSE)
Should results be limited to sightings at birding hotspots? (defaults to FALSE).
Time (in seconds) before function sends API call (defaults to zero. Set to higher number if you are using this function in a loop with many API calls).
Curl options passed on to GET
A data.frame containing the collected information:
"comName": species common name
"howMany": number of individuals observed, NA if only presence was noted
"lat": latitude of the location
"lng": longitude of the location
"locID": unique identifier for the location
"locName": location name
"locationPrivate": TRUE if location is not a birding hotspot
"obsDt": observation date formatted according to ISO 8601 (e.g. 'YYYY-MM-DD', or 'YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm'). Hours and minutes are excluded if the observer did not report an observation time.
"obsReviewed": TRUE if observation has been reviewed, FALSE otherwise
"obsValid": TRUE if observation has been deemed valid by either the automatic filters or a regional viewer, FALSE otherwise
"sciName" species' scientific name
# NOT RUN {
ebirdregion(region = 'US', species = 'Setophaga caerulescens')
ebirdregion('US-OH', max=10, provisional=TRUE, hotspot=TRUE)
# }
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