<?php
$str = '{"numRecordings":"87","numSpecies":"1","page":1,"numPages":1,"recordings":[{"id":"176356","gen":"Picoides","sp":"pubescens","ssp":"","en":"Downy Woodpecker","rec":"Jorge de Leon Cardozo","cnt":"United States","loc":"STORRS MANSFIELD, Tolland, Connecticut","lat":"41.8349","lng":"-72.1974","type":"drumming","file":"http:\/\/www.xeno-canto.org\/176356\/download","lic":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/","url":"http:\/\/www.xeno-canto.org\/176356"}}
';
$audiourl = "http://www.xeno-canto.org/api/2/recordings?query=Picoides%20pubescens&page=1";
$audiostring = file_get_contents($audiourl);
$json_a = json_decode($audiostring, true);
echo $json_a['numRecordings'];
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