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Welcome to the West African Bird DataBase, WABDaB, a not-for-profit effort that aims to further the knowledge about, and conservation of, birds in West Africa. Read more...

 
January 2022: Change of the use of Google maps
26 Jan 2022 [ULi]
In December we saw an increased number of page views on the WABDaB. The increase was so high that Google started billing us for the use of Google maps. We are pleased about the increased interest in the WABDaB of course, but it is still a not-for-profit effort that we finance out of our own pocke... Read more...
November 2021: fourth Griffon Vulture for Niger
14 Nov 2021 [JBr]
A Griffon Vulture fitted with a satellite transmitter in Navarra, northern Spain, is presently (9 November 2021) north of Tahoua.  See https://www.wabdab.org/db/viewobservation?id=6365490  Note that among the three earlier records for Niger one was of a Griffon Vulture wing-marked in Croat... Read more...
October 2020: New species for Niger: Eurasian Oystercatcher
15 Oct 2020 [JBr]
On 12 September 2020 a Eurasian Oystercatcher was discovered at Goudel ricefields by Benoit Forget.  See the pictures at https://www.wabdab.org/db/species?79082.  This is the first record of this species for Niger and probably for entire inland West Africa!  The bird was still there t... Read more...
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Coverage

112,920 observations
of
583 species
in
505 half-degree blocks.
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6120 photos of 469 species.
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247 breeding species.
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(As of 2023-06-04)

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275 items found, displaying 1 to 50.[First/Prev] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 [Next/Last]
Date Year Name Nr Remarks Location Country Source Entered by
24 Dec 2018 Gabar Goshawk Ennedi général Chad Elsa Bussiere Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
23 Dec 2022 Namaqua Dove 1 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
23 Dec 2022 Red-necked Buzzard 1 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
23 Dec 2022 Western Marsh Harrier 2 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
15 Dec 2017 Intermediate Egret Date et localite precise pas connues. Precise... Niamey, général Niger Christian Battesti Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
15 Dec 2018 Grey Heron N'Djamena, Hotel Mercure Chari Chad Tim Wacher Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
15 Dec 2018 Long-tailed Cormorant N'Djamena, Hotel Mercure Chari Chad Tim Wacher Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
15 Dec 2017 Black-winged Stilt Date et localite precise pas connues. Precise... Niamey, général Niger Christian Battesti Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
15 Dec 2017 African Fish Eagle Date et localite precise pas connues. Precise... Parc international du W, général Niger Christian Battesti Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
15 Dec 2017 Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Date et localite precise pas connues. Precise... Parc international du W, général Niger Christian Battesti Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
10 Dec 2021 European Reed Warbler 1 longish bill, warm brown-rufous rump & uppertail coverts,... W Moudo Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
15 Nov 2010 Hoopoe ssp. epops (5 white bands in closed wing) block Termit Kaoboul NO (Dougoulé) Niger Abdoulaye Harouna Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
15 Nov 2017 Hamerkop Date et localite precise pas connues. Precise... Niamey, général Niger Chrsitian Battesti Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
04 Nov 2022 Lesser Blue-eared Starling 1 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
04 Nov 2022 Great Spotted Cuckoo 1 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
31 Oct 2022 African Scops Owl 1 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
31 Oct 2022 Barn Owl 1 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
24 Oct 2020 Abyssinian Roller Niamey, Goudel Niger Benoit Forget Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
23 Oct 2018 Brown Babbler dependent young Danja Niger Tim & Barbie Kusserow Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)  
15 Oct 2017 Grey Woodpecker Date et localite precise pas connues. Precise... Niamey, général Niger Christian Battesti Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
15 Oct 2017 Egyptian Plover Date et localite precise pas connues. Precise... Niamey, général Niger Christian Battesti Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
15 Oct 2018 Dark Chanting Goshawk Date et localite precise pas connues. Precise... Niamey, général Niger Christian Battesti Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
15 Oct 2017 Black-shouldered Kite Juvenile. Date et localite precise pas connues. ... Niamey, général Niger Christian Battesti Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
15 Oct 2017 Abyssinian Roller Date et localite precise pas connues. Precise... Niamey, général Niger Chrstian Battesti Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
10 Oct 2019 Fine-spotted Woodpecker juvenile with black beard stripe PN de Zakouma, general Chad Doug MacDonald Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
24 Sep 2022 Northern Wheatear Dark line through eye that Isabelline does not... Chad Tim Wacher Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
21 Sep 2017 Gabar Goshawk block Termit Kaoboul NO (Dougoulé) Niger Abdoulaye Harouna Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
06 Sep 2022 Cinnamon-breasted Rock Bunting 1 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
06 Sep 2022 Black-headed Lapwing 1 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
06 Sep 2022 Yellow-billed Oxpecker 3 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
06 Sep 2022 Red-necked Falcon 2 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
05 Sep 2021 Common Rock Thrush Robert Thomson:  Bird perched very briefly near our... Chad APN/UCT bird monitoring: E. Bussiere, O. Fontaine, A. Lowney & R. Thomson Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
04 Sep 2021 Sanderling Robert Thomson:  Bird observed  through telescope at a... Chad APN/UCT bird monitoring: E. Bussiere, O. Fontaine, A. Lowney & R. Thomson Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
04 Sep 2021 Ortolan Bunting Robert Thomson:  Probable record.  Very brief sighting in... Chad APN/UCT bird monitoring: E. Bussiere, O. Fontaine, A. Lowney & R. Thomson Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
24 Aug 2022 Dwarf Bittern 2 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
24 Aug 2022 Abyssinian Roller 1 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
24 Aug 2022 Senegal Coucal 1 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
21 Aug 2019 Jacobin Cuckoo block Termit Kaoboul NO (Dougoulé) Niger Abdoulaye Harouna Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
21 Aug 2019 Helmeted Guineafowl Dans la montagne de Termit block Termit Kaoboul NO (Dougoulé) Niger Abdoulaye Harouna Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
21 Aug 2022 African Wattled Lapwing 1 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
21 Aug 2022 Lavender Waxbill 1 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
21 Aug 2022 Grey Kestrel 1 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
21 Aug 2022 Purple Glossy Starling 2 oiseau jeune, commissures toujours pâles / young bird,... Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown  
21 Aug 2022 Chestnut-bellied Starling 2 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown  
17 Aug 2019 Abyssinian Roller Ennedi général Chad Louis Buttin Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
16 Aug 2019 Abyssinian Roller Ennedi général Chad Louis Buttin Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
15 Aug 2017 African Jacana Date et localité precise pas connues. Precise... Niamey, général Niger Christian Battesti Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
15 Aug 2017 African Grey Hornbill Date et localite precise pas connues. Precise... Niamey, général Niger Christian Battesti Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
15 Aug 2019 Abyssinian Roller Ennedi général Chad Louis Buttin Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
15 Aug 2019 Abyssinian Roller Ennedi général Chad Louis Buttin Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
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