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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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280 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
06 Mar 2024 Gabar Goshawk PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 African Jacana PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Senegal Thick-knee PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Black-headed Gonolek PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Long-tailed Nightjar PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 African Swallow-tailed Kite PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 African Harrier Hawk PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Little Grebe PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Tawny Eagle PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Black-rumped Waxbill PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Grey-backed Fiscal PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Steppe Eagle Single individual next to Dikere watercourse close to... PN de Zakouma, Bahr Dikere... Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Grey-headed Kingfisher PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 White-throated Bee-eater PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Black-bellied Bustard PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Beautiful Sunbird PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Saddle-billed Stork PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Long-crested Eagle PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Northern Carmine Bee-eater PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 African Spoonbill PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Bateleur PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Hadada Ibis PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Black-crowned Night Heron PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Great Egret PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Green Wood-hoopoe PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 African Scops Owl PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 African Golden Oriole PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Hamerkop PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Grey-backed Camaroptera PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Red-billed Quelea PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Long-tailed Glossy Starling PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Red-cheeked Cordonbleu PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Beaudouin's Snake Eagle PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Pallid Harrier PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Clapperton's Francolin PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 African Wattled Lapwing PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Senegal Coucal PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Western Marsh Harrier PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Barn Swallow PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Collared Pratincole PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Yellow Wagtail PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Garganey PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Brown Snake Eagle 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
06 Mar 2024 Vieillot's Barbet PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Grey Woodpecker PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Red-billed Firefinch PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Fork-tailed Drongo PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Purple Heron PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
06 Mar 2024 Common Greenshank PN de Zakouma, general Chad Zarek Cockar info
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