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Welcome to the WABDaB!

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

117,889 observations
of
587 species
in
518 half-degree blocks.
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6550 photos of 476 species.
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247 breeding species.
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(As of 2024-12-14)

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218 items found, displaying 151 to 200.[First/Prev] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 [Next/Last]
Date Year Name Nr Remarks Location Country Source Entered by
15 Jul 2024 Pallid Swift 40 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
16 Jul 2024 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse 1 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
16 Jul 2024 Cream-coloured Courser 1 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
16 Jul 2024 Yellow-billed Kite 50 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
16 Jul 2024 Red-billed Quelea 500 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
16 Jul 2024 Desert Cisticola 2 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
16 Jul 2024 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse 12 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
16 Jul 2024 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse 2 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
16 Jul 2024 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse 1 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
16 Jul 2024 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse 11 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
16 Jul 2024 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse 4 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
16 Jul 2024 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse 2 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
16 Jul 2024 African Collared Dove 45 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
16 Jul 2024 Red-billed Quelea 1000 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
16 Jul 2024 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse 18 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
16 Jul 2024 Golden Nightjar 1 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
16 Jul 2024 Yellow-billed Kite 1 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
16 Jul 2024 Red-billed Quelea 200 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
16 Jul 2024 Sudan Golden Sparrow 50 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
16 Jul 2024 Namaqua Dove 12 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
16 Jul 2024 White-throated Bee-eater 6 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
16 Jul 2024 African Swallow-tailed Kite 25 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
16 Jul 2024 Standard-winged Nightjar 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
17 Jul 2024 Marabou Stork 1 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
17 Jul 2024 Red-billed Quelea 1000 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
17 Jul 2024 Red-billed Quelea 1000 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
17 Jul 2024 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse 11 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
17 Jul 2024 Sudan Golden Sparrow 50 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
17 Jul 2024 Red-billed Quelea 1000 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
17 Jul 2024 Namaqua Dove 50 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
17 Jul 2024 Sudan Golden Sparrow 25 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
17 Jul 2024 White-throated Bee-eater 30 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
17 Jul 2024 Hoopoe 1 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
17 Jul 2024 African Swallow-tailed Kite 3 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
17 Jul 2024 Southern Grey Shrike 2 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
17 Jul 2024 Cricket Warbler 3 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
17 Jul 2024 Namaqua Dove 6 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
17 Jul 2024 Abyssinian Roller 1 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
17 Jul 2024 Sudan Golden Sparrow 150 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
17 Jul 2024 Chestnut-backed Sparrow Lark 2 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
12 Jul 2024 Pallid Swift 200 Almost certainly Common swift mixed among them -... Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
23 Jul 2024 White-throated Bee-eater 50 Courtship / Display - - Nest building... Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info egg
14 Jul 2024 Desert Cisticola 1 Courtship / Display - - Singing male... Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
16 Jul 2024 Black-crowned Sparrow Lark 25 Courtship / Display - - Singing male... Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
27 Jul 2024 Wahlberg's Eagle 1 Disputing perching site with Black-Headed Herons NDjamena, Hotel La Tchadienne-Chez Wou-Irrisor Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info receipt_long
27 Jul 2024 Klaas's Cuckoo 1 Heard clearly twice but not seen NDjamena, Hotel La Tchadienne-Chez Wou-Irrisor Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info receipt_long
13 Jul 2024 White-throated Bee-eater 150 Many guarding holes in the damp sand Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info egg
27 Jul 2024 Senegal Coucal 2 Mating couple. NDjamena, Hotel La Tchadienne-Chez Wou-Irrisor Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info receipt_long egg
27 Jul 2024 Village Weaver 6 Nest building NDjamena, Hotel La Tchadienne-Chez Wou-Irrisor Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info receipt_long egg
25 Jul 2024 White-billed Buffalo Weaver 5 Nest building activity - - Visiting probable... Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info egg
218 items found, displaying 151 to 200.[First/Prev] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 [Next/Last]
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