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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
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589 species
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521 half-degree blocks.
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6638 photos of 479 species.
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247 breeding species.
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281 items found, displaying 201 to 250.[First/Prev] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 [Next/Last]
Date Year Name Nr Remarks Location Country Source Entered by
08 Feb 2025 Knob-billed Duck 20 Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 European Turtle Dove 20 Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 White-faced Whistling Duck 200 mare dAndouma, face à Sirer Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 Squacco Heron 22 mare d'Andouma, mare 1 (est-ouest) Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
10 Feb 2025 Barn Swallow 25 PN de Zakouma, Bahr Robich... Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau, Julien Birard, Clemence Deschamps and Abakar S. Wachoum Bruno Portier info group
11 Feb 2025 Black-rumped Waxbill 25 also heard PN de Zakouma, campement de... Chad Bruno Portier info group
12 Feb 2025 Pied Crow 25 Chad Bruno Portier info group
12 Feb 2025 Blue-naped Mousebird 25 also heard Chad Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 Western Yellow Wagtail 25 also heard mare dAndouma, mare 2 (nord-sud) Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 Yellow-billed Oxpecker 25 also heard mare dAndouma, face à Sirer Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 Squacco Heron 29 mare dAndouma, face à Sirer Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
10 Feb 2025 Secretarybird 2 adultes PN de Zakouma, mare dAntigua Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau, Julien Birard, Clemence Deschamps and Abakar S. Wachoum Bruno Portier info group
10 Feb 2025 Egyptian Goose 2 adultes PN de Zakouma, mare dAntigua Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau, Julien Birard, Clemence Deschamps and Abakar S. Wachoum Bruno Portier info group
10 Feb 2025 Black-crowned Night Heron 2 adultes PN de Zakouma, mare dAntigua Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau, Julien Birard, Clemence Deschamps and Abakar S. Wachoum Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 African Harrier Hawk 2 adultes Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 Northern Carmine Bee-eater 2 adultes also heard mare dAndouma, mare 2 (nord-sud) Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 Pied Crow 2 adultes also heard mare dAndouma, mare 2 (nord-sud) Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 Purple Heron 2 juv Origin of juveniles unclear mare dAndouma, mare 2 (nord-sud) Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
14 Feb 2025 Gabar Goshawk 3 NDjamena, Hotel La Tchadienne-Chez Wou-Irrisor Chad Bruno Portier info group
10 Feb 2025 African Spoonbill 3 PN de Zakouma, mare Am... Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau, Julien Birard, Clemence Deschamps and Abakar S. Wachoum Bruno Portier info group
10 Feb 2025 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin 3 PN de Zakouma, Kobo Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau, Julien Birard, Clemence Deschamps and Abakar S. Wachoum Bruno Portier info group
10 Feb 2025 Greater Blue-eared Starling 3 also heard: separated from Lesser Blue-eared by call PN de Zakouma, mare dAntigua Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau, Julien Birard, Clemence Deschamps and Abakar S. Wachoum Bruno Portier info group
11 Feb 2025 Northern Grey-headed Sparrow 3 PN de Zakouma, campement de... Chad Bruno Portier info group
11 Feb 2025 Black-headed Lapwing 3 Chad Bruno Portier info group
11 Feb 2025 Grey-backed Fiscal 3 Chad Bruno Portier info group
11 Feb 2025 Black-winged Stilt 3 also heard PN de Zakouma, campement de... Chad Bruno Portier info group
11 Feb 2025 Green-backed Eremomela 3 also heard PN de Zakouma, campement de... Chad Bruno Portier info group
11 Feb 2025 Spotted Thick-knee 3 also heard Chad Bruno Portier info group
08 Feb 2025 Squacco Heron 3 Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 Little Ringed Plover 3 mare d'Andouma, mare 1 (est-ouest) Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 Purple Heron 3 mare d'Andouma, mare 1 (est-ouest) Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 Grey-backed Fiscal 3 also heard mare dAndouma, face à Sirer Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 African Jacana 30 mare dAndouma, mare 2 (nord-sud) Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 Black-crowned Night Heron 30 including imm Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 European Turtle Dove 35 mare dAndouma, mare 2 (nord-sud) Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
08 Feb 2025 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 35 also heard Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 Ruff 350 mare d'Andouma, mare 1 (est-ouest) Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
10 Feb 2025 Black-crowned Night Heron 3 juv also heard PN de Zakouma, mare dAntigua Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau, Julien Birard, Clemence Deschamps and Abakar S. Wachoum Bruno Portier info group
14 Feb 2025 Yellow-billed Egret 4 NDjamena, Hotel La Tchadienne-Chez Wou-Irrisor Chad Bruno Portier info group
10 Feb 2025 Long-tailed Glossy Starling 4 also heard PN de Zakouma, mare dAntigua Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau, Julien Birard, Clemence Deschamps and Abakar S. Wachoum Bruno Portier info group
11 Feb 2025 Little Ringed Plover 4 PN de Zakouma, campement de... Chad Bruno Portier info group
11 Feb 2025 Long-tailed Nightjar 4 Chad Bruno Portier info group
12 Feb 2025 Long-tailed Glossy Starling 4 Chad Bruno Portier info group
10 Feb 2025 Little Stint 4 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 Northern Carmine Bee-eater 4 also heard Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
08 Feb 2025 Gadwall 4 4 individuals, in flocks of thousands of ducks.... Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
08 Feb 2025 Grey-rumped Swallow 4 PN de Zakouma, Tourda cheikh... Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
08 Feb 2025 Little Swift 4 PN de Zakouma, campement de... Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
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
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