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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

113,835 observations
of
585 species
in
507 half-degree blocks.
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6400 photos of 472 species.
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247 breeding species.
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(As of 2024-03-28)

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241 items found, displaying 201 to 241.[First/Prev] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 [Next/Last]
Date Year Name Nr Remarks Location Country Source Entered by
04 Dec 2023 Isabelline Wheatear 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
04 Dec 2023 Black-crowned Sparrow Lark 2 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
04 Dec 2023 African Collared Dove 2 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
04 Dec 2023 Chestnut-bellied Starling 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
04 Dec 2023 Chestnut-bellied Starling 2 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
07 Nov 2023 Helmeted Guineafowl 6 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
07 Nov 2023 Marabou Stork 9 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
07 Nov 2023 Northern Wheatear 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
07 Nov 2023 African Swallow-tailed Kite 2 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
18 Nov 2023 White Wagtail 4 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
18 Nov 2023 Brown-necked Raven 4 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
18 Nov 2023 Pied Crow 12 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
18 Nov 2023 House Sparrow 50 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
18 Nov 2023 African Silverbill 25 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
18 Nov 2023 Montagu's Harrier 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
19 Nov 2023 Pallid Harrier 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
19 Nov 2023 Pallid Harrier 2 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
20 Nov 2023 Dunn's Lark 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
22 Nov 2023 Pallid Harrier 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
22 Nov 2023 Common Buttonquail 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
27 Nov 2023 Greater Short-toed Lark 55 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
27 Nov 2023 Common Kestrel 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
27 Nov 2023 Greater Short-toed Lark 30 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
27 Nov 2023 Chestnut-bellied Starling 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
27 Nov 2023 White Stork 1 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
27 Nov 2023 Chestnut-bellied Starling 11 Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
04 Jan 2008 African Palm Swift Parc international du W, général Niger Ulf Liedén (WABDaB.org) info
02 Mar 2024 Brown-crowned Tchagra 5:41 AM Acacia - Balanites woodland on... Arada, 5 km W of Chad Zarek Cockar info
26 Feb 2024 Black-crowned Tchagra a flash of the bird flying between two... Ennedi, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
04 Dec 2023 Cinnamon-breasted Rock Bunting 5 Clear view and photo - Grey throat... Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info receipt_long
04 Dec 2023 Striolated Bunting (not House B.) 2 Clear view but no photo - large... Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info receipt_long
26 Feb 2024 Subalpine Warbler Eastern, cantillans albistriata Ennedi, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
04 Dec 2023 Brown-tailed Rock Chat 4 Four birds feeding together over low rocks and... Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info receipt_long
06 Mar 2024 Tropical Boubou Identified by call. PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Red-chested Cuckoo Identified by distant call. PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
27 Nov 2023 Southern Grey Shrike 1 Maintaing a soft chatter in short phrases. Bird... Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
17 Nov 2023 Black-crowned Tchagra 1 Recording of this bird at close range in... Ouadi Kharma - Id Lidey Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
28 Nov 2023 Northern Anteater Chat 1 Seen near traditional wells at Attouar Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
28 Nov 2023 Greater Hoopoe Lark 1 Singing male in season &habitat - Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
27 Nov 2023 Dunn's Lark 2 Singing male in season &habitat - Chad Tim Wacher Tim Wacher info
06 Mar 2024 Steppe Eagle Single individual next to Dikere watercourse close to... PN de Zakouma, Bahr Dikere... Chad Zarek Cockar info
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