Upload eBird sightings to Google Drive
This trigger fires when someone reports the bird species you name near the location you choose. eBird returns only the most recent sighting from each place, so each place gives you one sighting.
Developer info
- API endpoint slug
- ebird.new_species_observation
Trigger fields
Species Text input
- Label
- Which bird species?
- Helper text
- Use the bird's common name as eBird spells it, for example Snowy Owl. An eBird species code such as snoowl1 also works.
- Slug
- species
- Required
- true
- Can have default value
- true
Location Location input > Point
- Label
- Which location?
- Helper text
- eBird looks for sightings near this point.
- Slug
- location
- Required
- true
- Can have default value
- true
Radius Dropdown list
- Label
- How far out?
- Helper text
- eBird searches up to 50 km from this location.
- Slug
- radius
- Required
- true
- Can have default value
- true
Ingredients
Common name The bird's common name.
- Slug
- common_name
- Filter code
- Ebird.newSpeciesObservation.CommonName
- Type
- String
- Example
- Northern Cardinal
Scientific name The bird's scientific name.
- Slug
- scientific_name
- Filter code
- Ebird.newSpeciesObservation.ScientificName
- Type
- String
- Example
- Cardinalis cardinalis
How many The number of birds counted. Blank if the observer recorded only that the bird was present.
- Slug
- how_many
- Filter code
- Ebird.newSpeciesObservation.HowMany
- Type
- String
- Example
- 2
Location name The name of the place where the bird was seen.
- Slug
- location_name
- Filter code
- Ebird.newSpeciesObservation.LocationName
- Type
- String
- Example
- Central Park--The Lake (Upper Lobe)
Latitude The latitude of the place where the bird was seen.
- Slug
- latitude
- Filter code
- Ebird.newSpeciesObservation.Latitude
- Type
- String
- Example
- 40.7790593
Longitude The longitude of the place where the bird was seen.
- Slug
- longitude
- Filter code
- Ebird.newSpeciesObservation.Longitude
- Type
- String
- Example
- -73.9713533
Observation date When the observer saw the bird, in their local time. Some reports give a date with no time.
- Slug
- observation_date
- Filter code
- Ebird.newSpeciesObservation.ObservationDate
- Type
- Date with time (ISO8601)
- Example
- 2020-07-08T04:17:06+05:00
Confirmed True if the report passed eBird's filters or a reviewer approved it.
- Slug
- observation_valid
- Filter code
- Ebird.newSpeciesObservation.Confirmed
- Type
- String
- Example
- true
Reviewed True if a reviewer has checked the report.
- Slug
- observation_reviewed
- Filter code
- Ebird.newSpeciesObservation.Reviewed
- Type
- String
- Example
- false
Checklist The eBird checklist that holds this sighting.
- Slug
- checklist_id
- Filter code
- Ebird.newSpeciesObservation.ChecklistId
- Type
- String
- Example
- S386171781
Checklist url A link to the eBird checklist that holds this sighting.
- Slug
- checklist_url
- Filter code
- Ebird.newSpeciesObservation.ChecklistUrl
- Type
- Web URL
- Example
- https://ebird.org/checklist/S386171781
