| ebirdchecklistfeed {rebird} | R Documentation |
Checklist feed on a date at a region or hotspot
Description
Returns checklist-level information reported in a given region or hotspot. Note only bird information is species count.
Usage
ebirdchecklistfeed(loc, date, max = 10, sleep = 0, key = NULL, ...)
Arguments
loc |
(required) Region code or locID (if a hotspot). Region code can be country code (e.g. "US"), subnational1 code (states/provinces, e.g. "US-NV"), or subnational2 code (counties, e.g. "US-VA-003"). |
date |
(required) Date of historic observation date formatted according to ISO 8601 (e.g. 'YYYY-MM-DD', or 'YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm'). Hours and minutes are excluded. |
max |
Maximum number of result rows to return in this request (between 1 and 200, default 10) |
sleep |
Time (in seconds) before function sends API call. The defaults is zero. Set this to a higher number if you are using this function in a loop with many API calls. |
key |
eBird API key. You can obtain one from https://ebird.org/api/keygen.
We strongly recommend storing it in your |
... |
Curl options passed on to |
Value
A data.frame containing the collected information:
"locId": unique identifier for the locations
"subId": submission (checklist) identifier
"userDisplayName": first and last name of the observer
"numSpecies": number of species reported
"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
"obsTime": observation time (24hr)
"subID": deprecated submission identifier
"loc": delimited string of location descriptors
Author(s)
Marianna Foos marianna.foos@gmail.com
References
Examples
## Not run:
ebirdchecklistfeed(loc = "L207391", date = "2020-03-24", max = 10)
## End(Not run)