Audubon Native Plants for Birds by ZIP Code
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Audubon Native Plants for Birds by ZIP Code
Scrape Audubon's "Plants for Birds" database by US ZIP code — returns native plants ranked for bird habitat value with bird species attracted, plant type, and wildlife resources provided. Unique zip → native-plant → bird-ecology join not available elsewhere as a structured data feed.
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Extract native plants data from Audubon's "Plants for Birds" database by US ZIP code. For each ZIP, returns the native plants Audubon recommends to support local bird populations — including the bird families attracted, wildlife resources provided (caterpillar host, nectar, fruit, seeds), and plant characteristics.
This actor provides a unique zip → native plant → bird habitat value join that is not available elsewhere as a structured data feed.
Features
- Accepts a list of ZIP codes or uses the full ~33,700 US ZCTA universe
- Extracts all plants for each ZIP code, following pagination automatically
- Returns bird family groups attracted by each plant and wildlife resources provided
- Includes location context (city, state, total plant count) per ZIP
- Respects
maxItemsto limit output size - Polite crawling: no proxy, no captcha, server-rendered HTML
Input
| Parameter | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
zipcodes | array | List of 5-digit US ZIP codes. Leave empty to process all ~33K ZCTAs | ["90210", "10001", "60601"] |
maxItems | integer | Maximum number of plant records to return | 50 |
Example input:
Output
One record per native plant per ZIP code:
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
zipcode | string | 5-digit US ZIP code queried |
location | string | City, state, ZIP (e.g. "Los Angeles, CA, 90210") |
state | string | US state abbreviation |
total_plants_for_zip | integer | Total native plants Audubon recommends for this ZIP |
common_name | string | Common name of the plant |
scientific_name | string | Scientific/Latin name |
plant_type | string | Plant type (e.g. SHRUBS, ANNUALS/PER., TREES) |
bird_value | string | Wildlife resources provided (Caterpillars, Nectar, Fruit, Seeds, Butterflies) |
bird_species_supported | string | Comma-separated bird family groups attracted |
num_bird_species | integer | Count of bird family groups attracted |
audubon_plant_url | string | URL to the plant detail page on Audubon.org |
source | string | "Audubon Native Plants for Birds" |
Example output record:
Use Cases
- Habitat-gardening apps: power plant recommendations by location with bird attraction data
- Conservation-landscaping nonprofits: bulk export of native plant recommendations by geography
- Native-plant nurseries: enrich catalog/leads by ZIP with bird habitat value metadata
- GIS / ecology analytics: zip-keyed native-plant × bird-ecology dataset for spatial analysis
- AI garden assistants: training data combining plant taxonomy with bird habitat benefit by region
Notes
- Source: Audubon Society Native Plants for Birds database
- Data reflects Audubon's ecoregion-based recommendations for each ZIP code
- Pagination is handled automatically; large ZIP batches can produce thousands of records
- The bundled ZIP list uses Census 2023 ZCTA definitions (~33,700 ZIP codes)
- Some ZIP codes return 0 plants (military, territories, unassigned); those are silently skipped
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