May 2026: first record of Siberian Stonechat for Chad and West Africa
20 May 2026 [JBr]Recently 4.184 records from joint French-Chadien government fieldwork have been added to the WABDaB. In addition to the Rusty Lark highlighted two months ago, these include the first Siberian Stonechat for West Africa, a Greater Flamingo, 2 Steppe Buzzards (photos of all three species), 3 Eurasian Bitterns, Gadwall, Common Pochard, 3 Jack Snipe, a White-tailed Lapwing, a European Scops Owl, Brown-tailed Rock Chat, Common Redstart subspecies samamisicus, Chestnut Sparrow, Kordofan Rufous Sparrow, Black-winged Bishop and Ortolan Bunting.
Edited: 2026-06-03 [JBr]