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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

112,920 observations
of
583 species
in
505 half-degree blocks.
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6120 photos of 469 species.
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247 breeding species.
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(As of 2023-06-04)

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138 items found, displaying 101 to 138.[First/Prev] 1, 2, 3 [Next/Last]
Date Year Name Nr Remarks Location Country Source Entered by
15 Jul 1979 Pearl-spotted Owlet 1968-1989: The most numerous of local owls. ... block Gotheye SO (Darguiti) Niger Souvairan (1990) WABDaB.org
15 Aug 1979 Pearl-spotted Owlet 1968-1989: The most numerous of local owls. ... block Gotheye SO (Darguiti) Niger Souvairan (1990) WABDaB.org
15 Sep 1979 Pearl-spotted Owlet 1968-1989: The most numerous of local owls. ... block Gotheye SO (Darguiti) Niger Souvairan (1990) WABDaB.org
15 Oct 1979 Pearl-spotted Owlet 1968-1989: The most numerous of local owls. ... block Gotheye SO (Darguiti) Niger Souvairan (1990) WABDaB.org
15 Nov 1979 Pearl-spotted Owlet 1968-1989: The most numerous of local owls. ... block Gotheye SO (Darguiti) Niger Souvairan (1990) WABDaB.org
15 Dec 1979 Pearl-spotted Owlet 1968-1989: The most numerous of local owls. ... block Gotheye SO (Darguiti) Niger Souvairan (1990) WABDaB.org
27 Sep 2015 Pearl-spotted Owlet Entendu, pas vu/Heard, not seen. [Hidden] Niger Tim and Barbie Kusserow  
15 Sep 2015 Pearl-spotted Owlet Entendu/Heard [Hidden] Niger Tim and Barbie Kusserow  
29 Aug 2015 Pearl-spotted Owlet Entendu, pas vu/Heard, not seen. [Hidden] Niger Tim and Barbie Kusserow
10 Feb 2015 Pearl-spotted Owlet 1 Burkina Faso Project BirdLife-NL, Bureau A&W, Jos Hooijmeijer, Marten Sikkema & Leo Zwarts Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
21 Mar 2015 Pearl-spotted Owlet PN de Zakouma, campement de... Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher
17 Mar 2015 Pearl-spotted Owlet PN de Zakouma, campement de... Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher
15 Feb 2015 Pearl-spotted Owlet regular PN de Zakouma, campement de... Chad Lorna Labuschagne, African Parks Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
15 Mar 2015 Pearl-spotted Owlet regular PN de Zakouma, campement de... Chad Lorna Labuschagne, African Parks Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
25 Feb 2015 Pearl-spotted Owlet heard calling PN de Zakouma, general Chad Rod Tether, 22-27 February 2015 Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
24 Dec 2014 Pearl-spotted Owlet Entendu la nuit./ Heard at night. [Hidden] Niger Tim and Barbie Kusserow
16 Aug 2014 Pearl-spotted Owlet Entendue, pas vue / Heard, not spotted. [Hidden] Niger Tim and Barbie Kusserow
01 Jul 2006 Pearl-spotted Owlet Niamey, SIL center Niger David Kusserow
01 Dec 2011 Pearl-spotted Owlet heard at night Parc international du W, Point... Niger Formation ornitho OMT-Ramsar Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
30 Nov 2011 Pearl-spotted Owlet heard Parc international du W, Point... Niger Formation ornitho OMT-Ramsar Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
29 Nov 2011 Pearl-spotted Owlet heard at night Parc international du W, Point... Niger Formation ornitho OMT-Ramsar Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
28 Nov 2011 Pearl-spotted Owlet heard calling Parc international du W, Point... Niger Formation ornitho OMT-Ramsar Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
18 Mar 2012 Pearl-spotted Owlet 2 At least two heard at once. Later one... Maradi Niger David Kusserow
10 Jul 2011 Pearl-spotted Owlet heard at dusk Niamey, SIL center Niger Debbie Hatfield
31 Jan 1998 Pearl-spotted Owlet In garden behind prefet's residence still regulalry calling... Maradi Niger Adam Manvell
18 Nov 1997 Pearl-spotted Owlet still calling regularly in garden Maradi Niger Adam Manvell
13 Oct 1997 Pearl-spotted Owlet 1 seen regularly in old kiryia in my garden... Maradi Niger Adam Manvell
18 Mar 2011 Pearl-spotted Owlet 2 heard, duet Niamey, SIL center Niger Debbie Hatfield
27 Dec 2007 Pearl-spotted Owlet 5 Parc international du W, block... Niger U Barcelona Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
26 Dec 2007 Pearl-spotted Owlet 3 in big Khaya trees, Alambarene, answering to tape block Kirtachi NO (Tamou) Niger U Barcelona Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
13 Feb 2008 Pearl-spotted Owlet 1 mobbed by 2 Eremomela, 2 Pygmy Sunbird, 1... Parc international du W, Point... Niger Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
13 Feb 2008 Pearl-spotted Owlet 1 heard, along Mekrou north Parc international du W, Point... Niger Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
25 Apr 2008 Pearl-spotted Owlet chant Parc international du W, Gorges... Niger Erick Kobierzycki Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
23 Feb 2008 Pearl-spotted Owlet 1 heard Mare de Kokoro Niger Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
07 Jun 2004 Pearl-spotted Owlet 1 Niger FPJ+MMH WABDaB.org
17 Jun 2004 Pearl-spotted Owlet 1 Niger MMH WABDaB.org
06 Nov 2007 Pearl-spotted Owlet 1 Parc international du W, Nigercar... Niger Ulf Lieden (WABDaB.org)
16 Feb 1994 Pearl-spotted Owlet Makalondi, Buanyuantula (chez PS) Niger Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
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