get_species {ebirdst}

Get eBird species code for a set of species

Description

Give a vector of species codes, common names, and/or scientific names, return a vector of 6-letter eBird species codes. This function will only look up codes for species for which eBird Status and Trends results exist.

Usage

get_species(x)

Arguments

x

character; vector of species codes, common names, and/or scientific names.

Value

A character vector of eBird species codes.

Examples

get_species(c("Black-capped Chickadee", "Poecile gambeli", "carchi"))