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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...
September 2020-2: New species for Niger: Eurasian Black Vulture fitted with a transmitter in southern France!
09 Sep 2020 [JBr]
A young male Eurasian Black Vulture, fitted with a satellite transmitter in the Aveyron region of southern France in Augustus 2019, was found back along the Niger-Nigeria border in December 2019!  It is the first record of this species for Niger, and probably also for Nigeria.  See http://... Read more...
September 2020: Unconfirmed records in general and Dunn’s and Kordofan Larks
08 Sep 2020 [JBr]
We feel it is useful to keep track on the WABDaB site of records that need further corroboration before being added to database itself.  Such records can alert other observers to keep an eye out for the species concerned near the location concerned.  Records to be confirmed can now be view... Read more...
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Coverage

113,093 observations
of
584 species
in
505 half-degree blocks.
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6164 photos of 472 species.
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247 breeding species.
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(As of 2023-11-30)

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270 items found, displaying 251 to 270.[First/Prev] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 [Next/Last]
Date Year Name Nr Remarks Location Country Source Entered by
20 Mar 2023 Western Grey Plantain-eater 1 Binder Chad Axel Jumelin (Noe Conservation) Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
20 Mar 2023 Western Grey Plantain-eater 1 individu Binder Chad Axel Jumelin (Noe Conservation)
27 Aug 2023 White-bellied Bustard 1 1 individu PN Zah Soo, Niwa Chad Patrice Brunet Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
23 Apr 2023 White-bellied Bustard PN Zah Soo, Yelbow Chad Patrice Brunet (Noe Conservatioin) Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
11 Feb 2021 White-faced Whistling Duck 90 Comptage aerienne RF Binder-Lere, Lac de Trene Chad Rapport Projet RESSOURCE 31 mai 2021, obs Pierre Defos du Rau Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
11 Feb 2021 White-faced Whistling Duck 230 Comptage aerienne RF Binder-Lere, Lac de Lere Chad Rapport Projet RESSOURCE 31 mai 2021, obs Pierre Defos du Rau Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
06 Jul 2023 White-faced Whistling Duck 3 Unnamed location Chad Patrice Brunet Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
01 May 2016 Wood Sandpiper Saga périmètre irrigué Niger Tim and Barbie Kusserow Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
11 Feb 2021 Woolly-necked Stork 17 Comptage aerienne RF Binder-Lere, Lac de Trene Chad Rapport Projet RESSOURCE 31 mai 2021, obs Pierre Defos du Rau Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
19 Mar 2023 Woolly-necked Stork 1 individu Chad Axel Jumelin (Noe Conservation)
30 Mar 2023 Woolly-necked Stork 2 individus Chad Axel Jumelin (Noe Conservation)
22 Apr 2023 Woolly-necked Stork 2 individus RF Binder-Lere, Lere Chad Axel Jumelin (Noe Conservation)
22 Mar 2023 Yellow-billed Kite 1 Binder Chad Axel Jumelin (Noe Conservation) Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
22 Mar 2023 Yellow-billed Kite 1 Binder Chad Axel Jumelin (Noe Conservation) Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
22 Mar 2023 Yellow-billed Kite 1 individu Binder Chad Axel Jumelin (Noe Conservation)
22 Mar 2023 Yellow-billed Kite 1 individu Binder Chad Axel Jumelin (Noe Conservation)
08 Aug 2023 Yellow-billed Oxpecker 1 1 individu RF Binder-Lere, Mambaroua Chad Axel Jumelin Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
15 Jul 2023 Yellow-billed Oxpecker 1 Chad Patrice Brunet (Noe Conservation) Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
08 Aug 2023 Yellow White-eye 1 1 individu Binder Chad Axel Jumelin Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
01 May 2023 Yellow White-eye 2 PN Zah Soo, Arem Chad Axel Jumelin (Noe Conservation) Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
270 items found, displaying 251 to 270.[First/Prev] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 [Next/Last]
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