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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...

 
February 2025: WABDaB still very much alive!
25 Feb 2025 [JBr]
Don't look at the blogs to see what is new on the WABDaB, look at the most recently uploaded observations and images on the home page! Recently added are 654 observations, from Zakouma NP, N'Djamena and the road between the two. Including first records for Chad of Pacific Golden Plover and Gadwall... 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...
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119,192 observations
of
589 species
in
521 half-degree blocks.
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6638 photos of 479 species.
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247 breeding species.
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(As of 2025-03-21)

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284 items found, displaying 251 to 284.[First/Prev] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 [Next/Last]
Date Year Name Nr Remarks Location Country Source Entered by
09 Feb 2025 Black-headed Lapwing 4 Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 African Sacred Ibis 4 mare d'Andouma, mare 1 (est-ouest) Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
08 Feb 2025 White-faced Whistling Duck 40 Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
10 Feb 2025 Great White Pelican 450 PN de Zakouma, Bahr Robich... Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau, Julien Birard, Clemence Deschamps and Abakar S. Wachoum Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 4 including imm also heard Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
11 Feb 2025 Village Indigobird 4 including M also heard PN de Zakouma, campement de... Chad Bruno Portier info group
11 Feb 2025 White-rumped Seedeater 5 also heard PN de Zakouma, campement de... Chad Bruno Portier info group
10 Feb 2025 African Spoonbill 5 Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau, Julien Birard, Clemence Deschamps and Abakar S. Wachoum Bruno Portier info group
08 Feb 2025 Great Egret 5 Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
08 Feb 2025 Knob-billed Duck 5 Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 Long-tailed Glossy Starling 5 also heard PN de Zakouma, campement de... Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 Green Wood Hoopoe 5 Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
13 Feb 2025 Glossy Ibis 50 Chad Bruno Portier info group
10 Feb 2025 Little Swift 50 PN de Zakouma, mare Am... Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau, Julien Birard, Clemence Deschamps and Abakar S. Wachoum Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 Squacco Heron 50 mare dAndouma, mare 2 (nord-sud) Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 Helmeted Guineafowl 50 PN de Zakouma, mare d'Al... Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 Western Yellow Wagtail 50 also heard mare d'Andouma, mare 1 (est-ouest) Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 Collared Pratincole 50 mare dAndouma, face à Sirer Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
12 Feb 2025 Spur-winged Goose 500 Chad Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 Purple Heron 5 adultes mare dAndouma, mare 2 (nord-sud) Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
10 Feb 2025 Hamerkop 6 PN de Zakouma, Kobo Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau, Julien Birard, Clemence Deschamps and Abakar S. Wachoum Bruno Portier info group
08 Feb 2025 Four-banded Sandgrouse 6 Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
08 Feb 2025 Northern Pintail 60 Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
08 Feb 2025 Helmeted Guineafowl 65 PN de Zakouma, Tourda cheikh... Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 Spur-winged Lapwing 6 adultes mare dAndouma, mare 2 (nord-sud) Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
13 Feb 2025 Knob-billed Duck 7 Chad Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 African Jacana 7 mare dAndouma, face à Sirer Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 Helmeted Guineafowl 70 Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
10 Feb 2025 African Openbill 75 PN de Zakouma, mare Am... Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau, Julien Birard, Clemence Deschamps and Abakar S. Wachoum Bruno Portier info group
08 Feb 2025 European Turtle Dove 75 Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
08 Feb 2025 Eurasian Teal 750 Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
10 Feb 2025 Black-crowned Night Heron 8 PN de Zakouma, mare dAntigua Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau, Julien Birard, Clemence Deschamps and Abakar S. Wachoum Bruno Portier info group
08 Feb 2025 Rose-ringed Parakeet 8 Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
08 Feb 2025 Four-banded Sandgrouse 8 Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
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