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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

112,774 observations
of
583 species
in
503 half-degree blocks.
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5965 photos of 468 species.
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247 breeding species.
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(As of 2023-03-26)

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266 items found, displaying 251 to 266.[First/Prev] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 [Next/Last]
Date Year Name Nr Remarks Location Country Source Entered by
03 Feb 2021 Grey Woodpecker 1 with Julien Birard et M'baiti Djimasngar Narcisse mare de Tafok Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
03 Feb 2021 Grey-rumped Swallow 1 with Julien Birard et M'baiti Djimasngar Narcisse mare de Tafok Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
03 Feb 2021 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 30 with Julien Birard et M'baiti Djimasngar Narcisse mare de Tafok Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
03 Feb 2021 Woodchat Shrike 1 with Julien Birard Haraze Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
03 Feb 2021 Marabou Stork 6 with Julien Birard Haraze Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
03 Feb 2021 Barn Owl 1 with Julien Birard Haraze Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
02 Feb 2021 European Turtle Dove 80 with Julien Birard PN de Zakouma, mare de... Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
02 Feb 2021 African Fish Eagle 1 with Julien Birard PN de Zakouma, mare de... Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
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)
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 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)
10 Feb 2021 Northern Pintail 66.800 roost of 90.000 mostly Northern Pintail and Garganey Lac Fitri general Chad Pierre Defos du Rau, Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval, Abakar Saleh Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
10 Feb 2021 Garganey 28.100 roost of 90.000 mostly Northern Pintail and Garganey Lac Fitri general Chad Pierre Defos du Rau, Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval, Abakar Saleh Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
10 Feb 2021 Black-tailed Godwit 32.000 Thirty-two thousand, quite amazing Lac Fitri general Chad Pierre Defos du Rau, Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval, Abakar Saleh Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
10 Mar 2021 Isabelline Shrike 1 Cream-coloured underparts washed with fawn/salmon, pale bill base,... Galo Chad Pierre Defos du Rau with Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval, Abakar Saleh Wachoum & Maxime Rotoudjimbaye Betoloum Pierre Defos du Rau
24 Sep 2022 Northern Wheatear Dark line through eye that Isabelline does not... Chad Tim Wacher Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
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