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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

109,483 observations
of
579 species
in
501 half-degree blocks.
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5775 photos of 465 species.
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245 breeding species.
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(As of 2022-08-16)

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Date Year Name Nr Remarks Location Country Source Entered by
27 Mar 2022 African Swallow-tailed Kite 800+ Roosting across mulitple Balanites around camp. OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
26 Mar 2022 Yellow Wagtail 1 Resembles field guide representation of 'superciliaris' or 'dombrowskii'... OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
27 Mar 2022 Pied Crow 70+ Present around basecamp. OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
20 Apr 2022 Greater Honeyguide 1 Next to our house, perhaps coming for water.... [Hidden] Niger Tim and Barbie Kusserow
27 Mar 2022 Northern Grey-headed Sparrow 2 Morning ritual of attacking image in reflective office... OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
19 Mar 2022 African Swallow-tailed Kite 40 Minimum count - roosting locally and likley very... OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
22 Mar 2022 Common Whitethroat 3 Midday Together in Balanites canopy Location west of... OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
23 Mar 2022 Common Whitethroat 2 Midday records: N14.7332 E19.7924 - so diferent birds... OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
23 Mar 2022 Cricket Warbler 3 Midday records: N14.7332 E19.7924 OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
23 Mar 2022 Black-crowned Sparrow Lark 20 Midday records: N14.7332 E19.7924 OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
22 Mar 2022 Cricket Warbler 4 Midday N14,8288 E19.8723 OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
22 Mar 2022 African Swallow-tailed Kite 3 Midday N14,8288 E19.8723 OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
01 Apr 2022 Sudan Golden Sparrow 50 Local numbers increasing, start of seasonal influx?. OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
20 Mar 2022 Brown-backed Woodpecker 1 juv Juvenile, with red spot on hind crown/nape. Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown  
22 May 2022 Barn Swallow 10 Joined the flock of Red-chested swallows. Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
30 Mar 2022 Abyssinian Roller 1 First of season to turn up at basecamp? OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher
10 Apr 2022 Senegal Batis 1 Carrying food Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown  
01 Apr 2022 Brown-necked Raven 8 Camp followers OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
01 Apr 2022 Pied Crow 150 Camp followers OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
01 Apr 2022 African Silverbill 500+ Camp colony/visitors - minimum count, using water drips... OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
01 Apr 2022 House Sparrow 100s Camp colony OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
23 Mar 2022 Western Reef Heron 4 Both black and white morphs. Kiaka Burkina Faso Ian Brown  
19 Mar 2022 White Wagtail 1 At camp OROA - Oryx base camp Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher  
26 Jun 2022 Common Buttonquail 1 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
26 Jun 2022 Stone Partridge 5 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
26 Jun 2022 African Wattled Lapwing 2 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
26 Jun 2022 Didric Cuckoo 2 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
26 Jun 2022 Green-backed Heron 1 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
26 Jun 2022 Pale Flycatcher 1 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
26 Jun 2022 Red-necked Buzzard 1 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
26 Jun 2022 Spotted Thick-knee 1 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
26 Jun 2022 Village Weaver 25 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
19 Jun 2022 African Thrush 4 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
19 Jun 2022 Broad-billed Roller 4 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
19 Jun 2022 Four-banded Sandgrouse 5 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
19 Jun 2022 Mottled Spinetail 2 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
19 Jun 2022 Plain Nightjar 5 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
19 Jun 2022 Violet-backed Starling 4 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
19 Jun 2022 White Helmetshrike 1 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
19 Jun 2022 Zitting Cisticola 2 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
12 Jun 2022 Black-shouldered Kite 1 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
12 Jun 2022 Didric Cuckoo 2 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
12 Jun 2022 Greater Blue-eared Starling 5 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
12 Jun 2022 Grey-headed Kingfisher 1 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
12 Jun 2022 Heuglin's Masked Weaver 4 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
12 Jun 2022 Plain Nightjar 4 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
12 Jun 2022 Spur-winged Lapwing 2 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
12 Jun 2022 Village Weaver 5 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
05 Jun 2022 Broad-billed Roller 4 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
05 Jun 2022 Green-winged Pytilia 1 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
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