eBird taxon code

ID ebird_taxon_code

DatatypeNot PIIidentifierDraft

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Code of a taxon in the eBird/Clements taxonomy of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, used in eBird data, species page URLs and the eBird API. Most codes are lower-case letters, sometimes with one or two trailing digits (osprey, ftspet, ostric2); most hybrids have x and most slash taxa y followed by five digits (x00669). The taxonomy is updated every year, so record its version with the code.

Categories: Environment (protected areas, biodiversity, water, weather, emissions, waste), Scientific
Countries: Global (not tied to a country)
Languages: Common to most languages
Wikidata: P3444
Quality: 90/100 · missing: detector coverage
Metacrafter rules: no detection rule yet
Supported by tools: no tool record lists this type yet

Regular expression

^(?:[a-z][a-z-]{1,5}\d{0,2}|[xy]\d{5})$

Python re syntax.

Examples

Value	Description
osprey	Pandion haliaetus (osprey); Wikidata example, eBird taxonomy
ftspet	Fork-tailed storm petrel; Wikidata example, eBird taxonomy
ostric2	Struthio camelus (common ostrich); eBird taxonomy
x00669	Golden-winged x blue-winged warbler hybrid; Wikidata example, eBird taxonomy
OSPREY invalid	Upper case; eBird codes are lower case

Translations

Language	Name	Description
Russian	Код таксона eBird	Код таксона в таксономии eBird/Clements Корнеллской орнитологической лаборатории, например osprey для скопы. Таксономия обновляется ежегодно.

Sources

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Page URL: https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/ebird_taxon_code
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