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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 2026: Rediscovery of Rusty Lark and very first photos in the wild!
03 Feb 2026 [JBr]
On 2 February 2026, Julien Birard, Idriss Dapsia and Pierre Defos du Rau found and photographed a Rusty Lark Calendulauda (Mirafra) rufa 8 km east of Mongo and 400 km east of N'Djamena. According to searchforlostbirds, this is the first record since 1931 (that time in Niger)! The identification was... Read more...
January 2026: A Bonelli's Eagle (first country record) and six Great White Pelicans sattracked to Chad
24 Jan 2026 [JBr]
A Bonelli's Eagle, tagged as a nestling in Palestine near Jerusalem in 2025 and moving between Sudan and NE Chad in Dec 2025, is the first record for Chad. Per Asaf Mayrose and Ron Efrat. At the same time six Great White Pelicans from a breeding colony in the Danube Delta in the Ukraine and tagged... Read more...
December 2025: New records for far northern Chad
24 Dec 2025 [JBr]
This past month more than 1.000 records were added for central and northern Chad, including first records for 15 blocks as well as breeding records for Marbled Duck at various Ounianga Lakes. Because of problems with bots, to see a species list you have to first register (very simple) and then log ... Read more...
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Coverage

128,104 observations
of
591 species
in
542 half-degree blocks.
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6770 photos of 483 species.
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259 breeding species.

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