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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...
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...
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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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279 items found, displaying 251 to 279.[First/Prev] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 [Next/Last]
Date Year Name Nr Remarks Location Country Source Entered by
09 Feb 2025 Helmeted Guineafowl 70 Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 Dark Chanting Goshawk 1 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 Ruff 350 mare d'Andouma, mare 1 (est-ouest) Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 Black-winged Stilt 18 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 Egret 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 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
09 Feb 2025 Little Bee-eater 10 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 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 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 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 African Jacana 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 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 Squacco Heron 22 mare d'Andouma, mare 1 (est-ouest) Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 Greater Spotted Eagle 1 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 à Sirer 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 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 Collared Pratincole 1700 mare dAndouma, face à Sirer Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 Squacco Heron 12 mare dAndouma, face à Sirer Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 African Jacana 2 mare dAndouma, face à Sirer Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 Wahlberg's Eagle 1 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
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 Collared Pratincole 50 mare dAndouma, face à Sirer Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard 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 Grasshopper Buzzard 1 mare dAndouma, face à Sirer Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
09 Feb 2025 Northern Carmine Bee-eater 2 mare dAndouma, face à Sirer Chad Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard Bruno Portier info group
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