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Support African Bird Atlas Project

Monitoring projects in Africa

Atlas projects in Africa are crucial for understanding and conserving the continent’s rich avifauna, protecting ecosystems and promoting sustainable land-use development. The Swiss Ornithological Institute supports national initiatives to better understand the distribution of breeding and migratory birds in Africa.

Domain Conservation

Unit International Bird Conservation

Topics Species Recovery, Habitat Promotion, Birds and Human Beings, Migratory Birds

Habitat farmland, rocky terrain, wetlands, rivers & streams, semi-open farmland, alpine habitats, wasteland, settlements, forest, meadows and pastures

Project start 2021

Project status ongoing

Project management Alain Jacot

Project region Switzerland, Africa, Asia, Europe

Details

Project objectives

The aim of an atlas project is to obtain comprehensive and up-to-date information on breeding and migratory bird populations, distribution and habitat use. This information forms an important basis for biodiversity conservation and is essential for the development of species-specific conservation strategies.

Methodology

The Swiss Ornithological Institute supports national atlas projects and specifically promotes cooperation between countries. In particular, we try to bridge language barriers between African countries and projects and help to integrate the local population in data collection and raise awareness for birds.

Results

In 2023, the Swiss Ornithological Institute supported the new atlas project in Senegal called «Atlas des oiseaux du Sénégal». This is the first national atlas project in a francophone African country.

Project partner(s)

African Bird Atlas Project ABAP

Employees

Head International Bird Conservation

Alain Jacot

+41 79 77 44 262

alain.jacot@vogelwarte.ch

Head of Regional offices

Reto Spaar

+41 41 462 97 31

reto.spaar@vogelwarte.ch

Species concerned

Alpine Swift

Tree Pipit

Western Bonelli’s Warbler

European Bee-eater

Bluethroat

Blue Rock Thrush

European Roller

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

Tawny Pipit

Whinchat

Spectacled Warbler

Blyth’s Reed Warbler

Booted Warbler

Common Whitethroat

Great Reed Warbler

Pallid Swift

Paddyfield Warbler

Common Grasshopper Warbler

Eurasian Crag Martin

Willow Warbler

Garden Warbler

Common Redstart

Icterine Warbler

Spotted Flycatcher

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Semicollared Flycatcher

Collared Flycatcher

Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin

Isabelline/Red-tailed Shrike

Black-headed Bunting

Common Rosefinch

Lesser Whitethroat

Common Cuckoo

Greater Short-toed Lark

Common Swift

Western House Martin

Western/Eastern Black-eared Wheatear

Eurasian Blackcap

Common Nightingale

Western Orphean Warbler

Melodious Warbler

Ortolan Bunting

Eurasian Golden Oriole

Great Grey Shrike

Barn Swallow

Savi’s Warbler

Red-rumped Swallow

Red-throated Pipit

Woodchat Shrike

Sardinian Warbler

Western Yellow Wagtail

Sedge Warbler

River Warbler

Lesser Grey Shrike

Aquatic Warbler

Barred Warbler

Thrush Nightingale

Common Rock Thrush

Northern Wheatear

Marsh Warbler

Common Reed Warbler

European Pied Flycatcher

European Turtle Dove

Sand Martin

Common Quail

Wood Warbler

Subalpine Warbler, unidentified

White-throated Robin

Eurasian Wryneck

Eurasian Hoopoe

Meadow Pipit

European Nightjar

Common Chiffchaff

Citrine Wagtail

Red-breasted Flycatcher

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