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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

118,539 observations
of
587 species
in
518 half-degree blocks.
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6550 photos of 476 species.
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247 breeding species.
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(As of 2025-01-06)

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282 items found, displaying 251 to 282.[First/Prev] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 [Next/Last]

Date	Year	Name	Nr	Remarks	Location	Country	Source	Entered by
09 Feb	2025	Green Wood Hoopoe	5			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	Northern Carmine Bee-eater	2			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
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 Ã 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 Ã 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 Ã Sirer	Chad	Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard	Bruno Portier	info	group
09 Feb	2025	Collared Pratincole	1700		mare dAndouma, face Ã Sirer	Chad	Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard	Bruno Portier	info	group
09 Feb	2025	Squacco Heron	12		mare dAndouma, face Ã Sirer	Chad	Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard	Bruno Portier	info	group
09 Feb	2025	African Jacana	2		mare dAndouma, face Ã 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 Ã Sirer	Chad	Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard	Bruno Portier	info	group
09 Feb	2025	Squacco Heron	29		mare dAndouma, face Ã 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 Ã Sirer	Chad	Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard	Bruno Portier	info	group
09 Feb	2025	Collared Pratincole	50		mare dAndouma, face Ã Sirer	Chad	Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard	Bruno Portier	info	group
09 Feb	2025	African Jacana	7		mare dAndouma, face Ã Sirer	Chad	Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard	Bruno Portier	info	group
09 Feb	2025	Grasshopper Buzzard	1		mare dAndouma, face Ã 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 Ã Sirer	Chad	Bruno Portier, Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard	Bruno Portier	info	group

282 items found, displaying 251 to 282.[First/Prev] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 [Next/Last]

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