Birds of São Tomé & Príncipe
102 species recorded at 10 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Sao Tome PriniaPrinia molleri
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Newton's SunbirdAnabathmis newtonii
Black-capped SpeiropsZosterops lugubris
Principe SeedeaterCrithagra rufobrunnea
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Sao Tome Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone atrochalybeia
Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Little SwiftApus affinis
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Sao Tome WeaverPloceus sanctithomae
Lemon DoveAplopelia larvata
African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreusMost recorded
Sao Tome ThrushTurdus olivaceofuscus
Sao Tome SpinetailZoonavena thomensis
Chestnut-winged StarlingOnychognathus fulgidus
Island Bronze-naped PigeonColumba malherbii
Sao Tome OrioleOriolus crassirostris
Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus
Sao Tome Green PigeonTreron sanctithomae
Giant SunbirdDreptes thomensis
Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
Giant WeaverPloceus grandis
Sao Tome White-eyeZosterops feae
Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
Sao Tome Scops OwlOtus hartlaubiHotspots with the most records
- PN Obô de São Tomé – Monte CarmoSão Tomé47 species
- PN Obô de São Tomé – Lagoa Amélia trailSão Tomé43 species
- São Tomé – Bom Sucesso Botanical GardensSão Tomé48 species
- São Tomé – Monte CaféSão Tomé41 species
- São Tomé – MucumbliSão Tomé51 species
- Santo AntónioPríncipe Autonomous Region53 species
- Lagoas de Campo de MilhoSão Tomé44 species
- São Tomé – International AirportSão Tomé42 species
- São Tomé – São Tomé town vicinitySão Tomé51 species
- PN Obô de São Tomé – Mangal de MalanzaSão Tomé43 species
All species recorded · 102
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Sao Tome Spinetail Zoonavena thomensis
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Sao Tome Olive Pigeon Columba thomensis
- Island Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba malherbii
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Sao Tome Green Pigeon Treron sanctithomae
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Black Noddy Anous minutus
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Sao Tome Ibis Bostrychia bocagei
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Sao Tome Scops Owl Otus hartlaubi
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus
- Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
- Sao Tome Oriole Oriolus crassirostris
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus
- Sao Tome Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrochalybeia
- Sao Tome Fiscal Lanius newtoni
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Sao Tome Prinia Prinia molleri
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Dohrn's Warbler Sylvia dohrni
- Principe White-eye Zosterops ficedulinus
- Sao Tome White-eye Zosterops feae
- Black-capped Speirops Zosterops lugubris
- Principe Speirops Zosterops leucophaeus
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Principe Starling Lamprotornis ornatus
- Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus
- Principe Thrush Turdus xanthorhynchus
- Sao Tome Thrush Turdus olivaceofuscus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Principe Sunbird Anabathmis hartlaubii
- Newton's Sunbird Anabathmis newtonii
- Giant Sunbird Dreptes thomensis
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Principe Weaver Ploceus princeps
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Giant Weaver Ploceus grandis
- Sao Tome Weaver Ploceus sanctithomae
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Golden-backed Bishop Euplectes aureus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Sao Tome Shorttail Motacilla bocagii
- Principe Seedeater Crithagra rufobrunnea
- Sao Tome Grosbeak Crithagra concolor
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica