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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...

 
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

117,889 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 2024-12-08)

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218 items found, displaying 1 to 50.[First/Prev] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 [Next/Last]
Date Year Name Nr Remarks Location Country Source Entered by
26 Sep 2024 Eurasian Golden Oriole 1 RFOROA Oryx base camp Chad Kher Issakha Tim Wacher info
27 Jul 2024 Woodland Kingfisher 1 NDjamena, Hotel La Tchadienne-Chez Wou-Irrisor Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info receipt_long
27 Jul 2024 African Pygmy Kingfisher 1 NDjamena, Hotel La Tchadienne-Chez Wou-Irrisor Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info receipt_long
27 Jul 2024 Grey-backed Camaroptera 1 NDjamena, Hotel La Tchadienne-Chez Wou-Irrisor Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info receipt_long
27 Jul 2024 Green-backed Heron 1 NDjamena, Hotel La Tchadienne-Chez Wou-Irrisor Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info receipt_long
27 Jul 2024 Wahlberg's Eagle 1 Disputing perching site with Black-Headed Herons NDjamena, Hotel La Tchadienne-Chez Wou-Irrisor Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info receipt_long
27 Jul 2024 Klaas's Cuckoo 1 Heard clearly twice but not seen NDjamena, Hotel La Tchadienne-Chez Wou-Irrisor Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info receipt_long
25 Jul 2024 Grasshopper Buzzard 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
25 Jul 2024 Grasshopper Buzzard 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
25 Jul 2024 Grasshopper Buzzard 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
25 Jul 2024 African Grey Hornbill 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
25 Jul 2024 Grasshopper Buzzard 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
25 Jul 2024 African Swallow-tailed Kite 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
25 Jul 2024 Red-pate Cisticola 1 Singing male in season &habitat - Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
25 Jul 2024 Crested Lark 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
25 Jul 2024 Black-headed Heron 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
23 Jul 2024 Gabar Goshawk 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
23 Jul 2024 Southern Grey Shrike 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
23 Jul 2024 Dunn's Lark 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
24 Jul 2024 Gabar Goshawk 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
25 Jul 2024 Singing Bush Lark 1 Recently fledged young - Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info egg
19 Jul 2024 Green Sandpiper 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
20 Jul 2024 Black-headed Heron 1 Chad Mahamat Hatcha Tim Wacher info
20 Jul 2024 Crested Lark 1 Chad Mahamat Hatcha Tim Wacher info
20 Jul 2024 Common Cuckoo 1 Chad Mahamat Hatcha Tim Wacher info
22 Jul 2024 Abyssinian Roller 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
22 Jul 2024 Chestnut-bellied Starling 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
22 Jul 2024 Cricket Warbler 1 Singing male in season &habitat - Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
25 Mar 2024 Black-eared Wheatear 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
25 Mar 2024 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
25 Mar 2024 Black Scrub Robin 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
25 Mar 2024 Sahel Paradise Whydah 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
25 Mar 2024 Pygmy Sunbird 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
08 Jul 2024 Yellow-billed Kite 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
08 Jul 2024 African Sacred Ibis 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
08 Jul 2024 Gabar Goshawk 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
08 Jul 2024 Grasshopper Buzzard 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
11 Jul 2024 Abdim's Stork 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
14 Jul 2024 Desert Cisticola 1 Courtship / Display - - Singing male... Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
16 Jul 2024 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse 1 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
16 Jul 2024 Cream-coloured Courser 1 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
16 Jul 2024 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse 1 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
16 Jul 2024 Golden Nightjar 1 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
16 Jul 2024 Yellow-billed Kite 1 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
16 Jul 2024 Standard-winged Nightjar 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
17 Jul 2024 Marabou Stork 1 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
17 Jul 2024 Cricket Warbler 1 Singing male in season &habitat - Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
17 Jul 2024 Hoopoe 1 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
17 Jul 2024 Dunn's Lark 1 Singing male in season &habitat - Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
17 Jul 2024 Abyssinian Roller 1 Chad Habib Ali Tim Wacher info
218 items found, displaying 1 to 50.[First/Prev] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 [Next/Last]
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