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Welcome to the WABDaB!

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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Coverage

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
11 Feb	2025	Vieillot's Barbet	1		PN de Zakouma, campement de...	Chad		Bruno Portier	info	group
11 Feb	2025	Village Indigobird	4 including M	also heard	PN de Zakouma, campement de...	Chad		Bruno Portier	info	group
08 Feb	2025	Vinaceous Dove	2	also heard		Chad	Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard	Bruno Portier	info	group
09 Feb	2025	Wahlberg's Eagle	1		mare dAndouma, face Ã Sirer	Chad	Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard	Bruno Portier	info	group
11 Feb	2025	Western Marsh Harrier	1			Chad		Bruno Portier	info	group
09 Feb	2025	Western Marsh Harrier	2		mare d'Andouma, mare 1 (est-ouest)	Chad	Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard	Bruno Portier	info	group
09 Feb	2025	Western Marsh Harrier	2		mare d'Andouma, mare 1 (est-ouest)	Chad	Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard	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	Western Yellow Wagtail	1 M adulte nuptial	ssp feldegg	mare dAndouma, mare 2 (nord-sud)	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	Whinchat	1		mare dAndouma, face Ã Sirer	Chad	Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard	Bruno Portier	info	group
10 Feb	2025	White-faced Whistling Duck	10		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	White-faced Whistling Duck	100			Chad		Bruno Portier	info	group
09 Feb	2025	White-faced Whistling Duck	1500			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
09 Feb	2025	White-faced Whistling Duck	200		mare dAndouma, face Ã Sirer	Chad	Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard	Bruno Portier	info	group
11 Feb	2025	White-rumped Seedeater	5	also heard	PN de Zakouma, campement de...	Chad		Bruno Portier	info	group
09 Feb	2025	Woodchat Shrike	1 adulte		mare dAndouma, mare 2 (nord-sud)	Chad	Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard	Bruno Portier	info	group
10 Feb	2025	Wood Sandpiper	1		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	Wood Sandpiper	2		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	Wood Sandpiper	1		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	Wood Sandpiper	2	also heard	PN de Zakouma, campement de...	Chad		Bruno Portier	info	group
08 Feb	2025	Wood Sandpiper	2			Chad	Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard	Bruno Portier	info	group
14 Feb	2025	Yellow-billed Egret	4		NDjamena, Hotel La Tchadienne-Chez Wou-Irrisor	Chad		Bruno Portier	info	group
09 Feb	2025	Yellow-billed Egret	2		mare d'Andouma, mare 1 (est-ouest)	Chad	Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard	Bruno Portier	info	group
12 Feb	2025	Yellow-billed Kite	20			Chad		Bruno Portier	info	group
12 Feb	2025	Yellow-billed Oxpecker	2			Chad		Bruno Portier	info	group
08 Feb	2025	Yellow-billed Oxpecker	15			Chad	Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard	Bruno Portier	info	group
09 Feb	2025	Yellow-billed Oxpecker	2		mare d'Andouma, mare 1 (est-ouest)	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 Ã Sirer	Chad	Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard	Bruno Portier	info	group
12 Feb	2025	Yellow-billed Stork	15			Chad		Bruno Portier	info	group
10 Feb	2025	Yellow-billed Stork	14			Chad	Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau, Julien Birard, Clemence Deschamps and Abakar S. Wachoum	Bruno Portier	info	group
08 Feb	2025	Yellow-billed Stork	10			Chad	Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard	Bruno Portier	info	group
11 Feb	2025	Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird	1		PN de Zakouma, campement de...	Chad		Bruno Portier	info	group

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