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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

109,483 observations
of
579 species
in
501 half-degree blocks.
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5775 photos of 465 species.
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245 breeding species.
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(As of 2022-08-07)

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273 items found, displaying 251 to 273.[First/Prev] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 [Next/Last]
Date Year Name Nr Remarks Location Country Source Entered by
30 Mar 2022 Abyssinian Roller 1 First of season to turn up at basecamp? OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher
13 Mar 2022 Southern Grey Shrike 1 Great grey.. OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
12 Mar 2022 Southern Grey Shrike 2 Great Grey shrike OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
01 Apr 2022 Sudan Golden Sparrow 50 Local numbers increasing, start of seasonal influx?. OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
22 Mar 2022 Cricket Warbler 4 Midday N14,8288 E19.8723 OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
22 Mar 2022 African Swallow-tailed Kite 3 Midday N14,8288 E19.8723 OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
23 Mar 2022 Cricket Warbler 3 Midday records: N14.7332 E19.7924 OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
23 Mar 2022 Black-crowned Sparrow Lark 20 Midday records: N14.7332 E19.7924 OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
23 Mar 2022 Common Whitethroat 2 Midday records: N14.7332 E19.7924 - so diferent birds... OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
22 Mar 2022 Common Whitethroat 3 Midday Together in Balanites canopy Location west of... OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
13 Mar 2022 African Swallow-tailed Kite 30 Minimum count, likley many more in the area,... OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
13 Mar 2022 African Silverbill 300 Minimum count - attracted to camp water points... OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
19 Mar 2022 African Swallow-tailed Kite 40 Minimum count - roosting locally and likley very... OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
13 Mar 2022 Black-crowned Sparrow Lark 20 Minimum estimate of numerous local birds OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
27 Mar 2022 Northern Grey-headed Sparrow 2 Morning ritual of attacking image in reflective office... OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
27 Mar 2022 Pied Crow 70+ Present around basecamp. OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
03 Mar 2022 Northern Puffback Primarily based on call. Heard a classic puffback... PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
09 Mar 2022 Common Rock Thrush 1 Probably same bird as yesterday OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
26 Mar 2022 Yellow Wagtail 1 Resembles field guide representation of 'superciliaris' or 'dombrowskii'... OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
27 Mar 2022 African Swallow-tailed Kite 800+ Roosting across mulitple Balanites around camp. OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
09 Mar 2022 African Collared Dove 6 Singing OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
09 Mar 2022 Speckled Pigeon 4 Singing OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
28 Feb 2022 Common Swift y inclus en route Tinga-Roguiek v.v. PN de Zakouma, mares de... Chad Zarek Cockar Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)  
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