place.birds.speciesPhoto

birds.place

{
  "$type": "com.atproto.lexicon.schema",
  "defs": {
    "main": {
      "description": "The picture the observer wants to represent a species in their own collection. One per species; the record key is the taxon code (e.g. `easpho`), so the choice is addressable without a lookup. Purely a display preference — it asserts nothing about the bird.",
      "key": "any",
      "record": {
        "properties": {
          "createdAt": {
            "description": "Client-declared timestamp for when this choice was made.",
            "format": "datetime",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "image": {
            "accept": [
              "image/jpeg",
              "image/png",
              "image/webp"
            ],
            "description": "The chosen picture. Usually a still the observer clipped from their own video, or one of their photos.",
            "maxSize": 2000000,
            "type": "blob"
          },
          "source": {
            "description": "The `place.birds.sighting` this picture was taken from, pinned to the exact revision it was taken from. Absent when the picture did not come from a sighting.",
            "ref": "com.atproto.repo.strongRef",
            "type": "ref"
          },
          "sourceMediaIndex": {
            "description": "Which attachment of `source` the picture came from, as a zero-based index into that record's `media` array.",
            "maximum": 3,
            "minimum": 0,
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "speciesCode": {
            "description": "The taxon code this picture represents. Duplicates the record key so a consumer reading the value alone still knows what it is.",
            "maxLength": 32,
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "image",
          "createdAt"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      },
      "type": "record"
    }
  },
  "id": "place.birds.speciesPhoto",
  "lexicon": 1
}

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Metadata

DID
did:plc:w4p4bumx22vgnjmctoqjj7sy
CID
bafyreieveve4rzd673ajvytcq3v2askbv23a3xbl3ocjkbdp7t5sayrgti
Indexed At
2026-07-28 01:23 UTC
AT-URI
at://did:plc:w4p4bumx22vgnjmctoqjj7sy/com.atproto.lexicon.schema/place.birds.speciesPhoto

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  • A bird sighting logged by the observer, stored in their own repository. Honor system: `species` is what the observer believes they saw, not a verified determination.

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