Search for the correct codes to identify countries, states/provinces,
subnational2 areas, Important Bird Areas (IBA), or Bird Conservation Regions
(BCR). These are then used in the nc_data_dl() and
nc_count() functions.
Examples
search_region("Mexico", type = "country") # MX
#> # A tibble: 1 × 3
#> country_code country_name country_name_fr
#> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 MX Mexico Mexique
search_region("Yucatan", type = "statprov") # Yucatán
#> # A tibble: 1 × 5
#> country_code statprov_code statprov_name_es statprov_name statprov_name_fr
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 MX YP Yucatán Yucatán Yucatán
search_region("Alberta", type = "statprov") # AB
#> # A tibble: 1 × 5
#> country_code statprov_code statprov_name_es statprov_name statprov_name_fr
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 CA AB Alberta Alberta Alberta
search_region("Edmonton", type = "subnational2") # CA.AB.11
#> # A tibble: 1 × 5
#> country_code statprov_code subnational2_code subnational2_name ebird_code
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 CA AB CA.AB.11 Division No. 11 - Edm… CA-AB-EL
search_region("Brandon", type = "subnational2") # CA.MB.07
#> # A tibble: 1 × 5
#> country_code statprov_code subnational2_code subnational2_name ebird_code
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 CA MB CA.MB.07 Division No. 7 - Bran… CA-MB-SE
search_region("hays reservoir", type = "iba") # AB075
#> # A tibble: 1 × 13
#> iba_site iba_name_fr latitude statprov area_ha alt_min iba_name nearest_town
#> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 AB075 Hays Reservo… 50.1 AB 8.99 785 Hays Re… Hays
#> # ℹ 5 more variables: bcr <chr>, ncc_region <chr>, alt_max <dbl>,
#> # longitude <dbl>, status <chr>
search_region("rainforest", type = "bcr") # 5
#> # A tibble: 1 × 4
#> bcr bcr_name bcr_name_es bcr_name_fr
#> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 5 Northern Pacific Rainforest Bosque Lluvioso del Pacífico No… Forêts plu…
# Show all codes
search_region(type = "country")
#> # A tibble: 39 × 3
#> country_code country_name country_name_fr
#> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 AQ Antarctica Antarctique
#> 2 AR Argentina Argentine
#> 3 BB Barbados Barbade
#> 4 BM Bermuda Bermudes
#> 5 BR Brazil Brésil
#> 6 BS Bahamas Bahamas
#> 7 BZ Belize Belize
#> 8 CA Canada Canada
#> 9 CL Chile Chili
#> 10 CO Colombia Colombie
#> # ℹ 29 more rows
search_region(type = "statprov")
#> # A tibble: 97 × 5
#> country_code statprov_code statprov_name_es statprov_name statprov_name_fr
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 CA AB Alberta Alberta Alberta
#> 2 CA BC Columbia Británica British Colu… Colombie-Britan…
#> 3 CA MB Manitoba Manitoba Manitoba
#> 4 CA NB Nuevo Brunswick New Brunswick Nouveau-Brunswi…
#> 5 CA NL Terranova y Labrad… Newfoundland… Terre-Neuve-et-…
#> 6 CA NS Nueva Escocia Nova Scotia Nouvelle-Écosse
#> 7 CA NT Territorios del No… Northwest Te… Territoires-du-…
#> 8 CA NU Nunavut Nunavut Nunavut
#> 9 CA ON Ontario Ontario Ontario
#> 10 CA PE Isla del Príncipe … Prince Edwar… Île-du-Prince-É…
#> # ℹ 87 more rows
search_region(type = "subnational2")
#> # A tibble: 5,310 × 5
#> country_code statprov_code subnational2_code subnational2_name ebird_code
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 CA AB CA.AB.01 Division No. 1 - Med… CA-AB-ON
#> 2 CA AB CA.AB.02 Division No. 2 - Let… CA-AB-TW
#> 3 CA AB CA.AB.03 Division No. 3 - For… CA-AB-TR
#> 4 CA AB CA.AB.04 Division No. 4 - Han… CA-AB-FO
#> 5 CA AB CA.AB.05 Division No. 5 - Dru… CA-AB-FI
#> 6 CA AB CA.AB.06 Division No. 6 - Cal… CA-AB-SI
#> 7 CA AB CA.AB.07 Division No. 7 - Ste… CA-AB-SE
#> 8 CA AB CA.AB.08 Division No. 8 - Red… CA-AB-EI
#> 9 CA AB CA.AB.09 Division No. 9 - Roc… CA-AB-NI
#> 10 CA AB CA.AB.10 Division No. 10 - Ca… CA-AB-TE
#> # ℹ 5,300 more rows
search_region(type = "iba")
#> # A tibble: 599 × 13
#> iba_site iba_name_fr latitude statprov area_ha alt_min iba_name nearest_town
#> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 AB001 Beaverhill … 53.5 AB 208. 668 Beaverh… Tofield
#> 2 AB002 Peace-Athab… 58.7 AB 7585. 250 Peace-A… Fort Chipew…
#> 3 AB003 Lesser Slav… 55.4 AB 2019. 570 Lesser … Slave Lake
#> 4 AB004 Milk River … 49.1 AB 335. 834 Milk Ri… Milk River
#> 5 AB006 Lakeland 54.7 AB 741. 500 Lakeland Lac la Biche
#> 6 AB007 Suffield 50.5 AB 461. 610 Suffield Suffield
#> 7 AB011 Réservoir S… 49.3 AB 62.9 1100 St. Mar… Cardston
#> 8 AB015 Lake Newell… 50.4 AB 115. 765 Lake Ne… Brooks
#> 9 AB016 McGregor La… 50.3 AB 251. 850 McGrego… Vulcan
#> 10 AB022 Little Fish… 51.4 AB 35.7 894 Little … High River
#> # ℹ 589 more rows
#> # ℹ 5 more variables: bcr <chr>, ncc_region <chr>, alt_max <dbl>,
#> # longitude <dbl>, status <chr>
search_region(type = "bcr")
#> # A tibble: 67 × 4
#> bcr bcr_name bcr_name_es bcr_name_fr
#> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 1 Aleutian/Bering Sea Islands Aleutianas/Islas del Mar de… Aleutian/B…
#> 2 2 Western Alaska Alaska Occidental Western Al…
#> 3 3 Arctic Plains And Mountains Planicies Árticas y Montañas Plaines et…
#> 4 4 Northwestern Interior Forest Bosque Interior del Noroeste Forêts int…
#> 5 5 Northern Pacific Rainforest Bosque Lluvioso del Pacífic… Forêts plu…
#> 6 6 Boreal Taiga Plains Planicies de la Taiga Boreal Taïga des …
#> 7 7 Taiga Shield And Hudson Plains Placa de Taiga y Planicies … Taïga du B…
#> 8 8 Boreal Softwood Shield Placa Boreal de Softwood Forêts de …
#> 9 9 Great Basin Gran Cuenca Grand Bass…
#> 10 10 Northern Rockies Rocallosas del Norte Nord des R…
#> # ℹ 57 more rows
# \donttest{
# Using the codes
nc_count(region = list(statprov = "AB"), years = 2010)
#> Without a username, using 'show = "all"'
#> Using filters: start_year (2010); end_year (2010); statprov (AB)
#> # A tibble: 18 × 4
#> collection akn_level access nrecords
#> <chr> <int> <chr> <int>
#> 1 BBS 5 full 9550
#> 2 BBS50-CAN 5 full 31777
#> 3 CBC 2 no access 1155
#> 4 CMMN-DET-BBO 3 by request 1654
#> 5 CMMN-DET-IBS 3 by request 846
#> 6 CMMN-DET-LSLBO 3 by request 5332
#> 7 EBIRD-CA-PR 4 by request 78047
#> 8 EBIRD-CA-SENS 3 by request 106
#> 9 EBUTTERFLY 5 full 2
#> 10 GBBC 4 by request 2477
#> 11 GBIF_3E7837D0 5 full 1
#> 12 GBIF_50C9509D 5 full 198
#> 13 GBIF_61BF28A5 5 full 94
#> 14 GBIF_8A863029 5 full 151
#> 15 GBIF_D99823CA 5 full 1
#> 16 NESTWATCH 3 by request 3
#> 17 OISEAUXQC 2 no access 2
#> 18 PFW 5 full 7033
# }