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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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112,774 observations
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583 species
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503 half-degree blocks.
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5965 photos of 468 species.
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247 breeding species.
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(As of 2023-04-01)

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266 items found, displaying 1 to 50.[First/Prev] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 [Next/Last]
Date Year Name Nr Remarks Location Country Source Entered by
07 Jan 2023 Western Marsh Harrier 2 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
07 Jan 2023 Yellow-billed Kite 1 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
07 Jan 2023 Black Stork 1 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
07 Jan 2023 Hamerkop 1 Sanbrado Burkina Faso Ian Brown
03 Feb 2021 Abyssinian Ground Hornbill 2 with Julien Birard & Jaime Dias Unnamed location Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
03 Feb 2021 Long-crested Eagle 1 with Julien Birard et M'baiti Djimasngar Narcisse mare Dim Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
03 Feb 2021 Northern Red-billed Hornbill 5 with Julien Birard et M'baiti Djimasngar Narcisse mare Dim Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
03 Feb 2021 Abyssinian Roller 1 with Julien Birard et M'baiti Djimasngar Narcisse mare Dim Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
03 Feb 2021 Red-tailed Shrike 2 creamy cold grey underparts, both primary observers agreed... mare Dim Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
03 Feb 2021 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 6 with Julien Birard et M'baiti Djimasngar Narcisse mare Dim Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
03 Feb 2021 Grey Woodpecker 1 with Julien Birard et M'baiti Djimasngar Narcisse mare de Tafok Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
03 Feb 2021 Grey-rumped Swallow 1 with Julien Birard et M'baiti Djimasngar Narcisse mare de Tafok Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
03 Feb 2021 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 30 with Julien Birard et M'baiti Djimasngar Narcisse mare de Tafok Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
03 Feb 2021 Woodchat Shrike 1 with Julien Birard Haraze Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
03 Feb 2021 Marabou Stork 6 with Julien Birard Haraze Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
03 Feb 2021 Barn Owl 1 with Julien Birard Haraze Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
04 Feb 2021 Scarlet-chested Sunbird 1 with Julien Birard, Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval, Abakar Saleh Wachoum... PN de Zakouma, mare d'Antigua... Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
04 Feb 2021 Malachite Kingfisher 1 with Julien Birard, Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval, Abakar Saleh Wachoum... PN de Zakouma, mare d'Antigua... Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
04 Feb 2021 Pied Kingfisher 1 with Julien Birard, Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval, Abakar Saleh Wachoum... PN de Zakouma, mare d'Antigua... Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
04 Feb 2021 African Fish Eagle 1 with Julien Birard, Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval, Abakar Saleh Wachoum... PN de Zakouma, Koubouch -... Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
06 Feb 2021 European Turtle Dove 1700 with Julien Birard, Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval, Abakar Saleh Wachoum... PN de Zakouma, mares de... Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
06 Feb 2021 Greater Spotted Eagle 1 with Julien Birard, Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval, Abakar Saleh Wachoum... PN de Zakouma, mares de... Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
06 Feb 2021 Western Marsh Harrier 10 with Julien Birard, Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval, Abakar Saleh Wachoum... PN de Zakouma, mares de... Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
06 Feb 2021 African Fish Eagle 1 with Julien Birard, Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval, Abakar Saleh Wachoum... PN de Zakouma, mares de... Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
06 Feb 2021 Pied Kingfisher 3 with Julien Birard, Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval, Abakar Saleh Wachoum... PN de Zakouma, mares de... Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
06 Feb 2021 Bateleur 2 with Julien Birard, Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval, Abakar Saleh Wachoum... PN de Zakouma, mares de... Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
06 Feb 2021 Pallid Harrier 2 with Julien Birard, Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval, Abakar Saleh Wachoum... PN de Zakouma, mares de... Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
06 Feb 2021 Martial Eagle 1 with Julien Birard, Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval, Abakar Saleh Wachoum... PN de Zakouma, mares de... Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
06 Feb 2021 Malachite Kingfisher 1 with Julien Birard, Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval, Abakar Saleh Wachoum... PN de Zakouma, mares de... Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
07 Feb 2021 Bronze-winged Courser 1 with Julien Birard, Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval, Abakar Saleh Wachoum... PN de Zakouma, Salamat R... Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
07 Feb 2021 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 3 with Julien Birard PN de Zakouma, Adelei Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
07 Feb 2021 Masked Shrike 1 with Julien Birard PN de Zakouma, Nome Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
07 Feb 2021 European Turtle Dove 200 with Julien Birard PN de Zakouma, Nome Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
09 Feb 2021 Fox Kestrel 1 with Julien Birard Mongo Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
10 Feb 2021 Northern Pintail 66.800 roost of 90.000 mostly Northern Pintail and Garganey Lac Fitri general Chad Pierre Defos du Rau, Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval, Abakar Saleh Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
10 Feb 2021 Garganey 28.100 roost of 90.000 mostly Northern Pintail and Garganey Lac Fitri general Chad Pierre Defos du Rau, Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval, Abakar Saleh Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
10 Feb 2021 Black-tailed Godwit 32.000 Thirty-two thousand, quite amazing Lac Fitri general Chad Pierre Defos du Rau, Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval, Abakar Saleh Joost Brouwer (Brouwer EAC)
10 Feb 2021 Northern Wheatear 1 Dab Ouad Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
10 Feb 2021 Chestnut-backed Sparrow Lark 1 Dab Ouad Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
10 Feb 2021 Yellow Wagtail 20 Dab Ouad Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
11 Feb 2021 African Palm Swift 3 Pala air strip Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
11 Feb 2021 Grey-backed Fiscal 3 Pala air strip Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
11 Feb 2021 Pygmy Sunbird 1 male Pala air strip Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
11 Feb 2021 Brown Babbler 3 Pala air strip Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
11 Feb 2021 Northern Puffback 1 female Pala air strip Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
12 Feb 2021 Black-bellied Bustard 1 E Miogai Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
26 Feb 2023 Northern Wheatear 1 Perched in tree Unnamed location Chad Robert Barnes
08 Mar 2021 European Turtle Dove 10 with Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval, Abakar Saleh Wachoum & Maxime... N'Djamena Bilala Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
08 Mar 2021 Steppe Eagle 1 with Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval, Abakar Saleh Wachoum & Maxime... Unnamed location Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
08 Mar 2021 Marabou Stork 2 with Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval, Abakar Saleh Wachoum & Maxime... Chad Pierre Defos du Rau
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