Bird AlbumSão Tomé & Príncipe · São Tomé
São Tomé – Bom Sucesso Botanical Gardens
48 species and 1,211 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–March, with up to 26 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Sao Tome Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone atrochalybeia
Principe SeedeaterCrithagra rufobrunnea
Black-capped SpeiropsZosterops lugubris
Newton's SunbirdAnabathmis newtonii
Sao Tome PriniaPrinia molleri
Sao Tome White-eyeZosterops feae
Chestnut-winged StarlingOnychognathus fulgidusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- PN Obô de São Tomé – Lagoa Amélia trail2 km43 species
- São Tomé – Monte Café3 km41 species
- São Tomé – Mucumbli10 km51 species
- São Tomé – São Tomé town vicinity13 km51 species
- Lagoas de Campo de Milho14 km44 species
- São Tomé – International Airport15 km42 species
All 48 species recorded here
- Black-capped Speirops Zosterops lugubris
- Newton's Sunbird Anabathmis newtonii
- Sao Tome Prinia Prinia molleri
- Sao Tome Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrochalybeia
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Sao Tome Thrush Turdus olivaceofuscus
- Principe Seedeater Crithagra rufobrunnea
- Sao Tome Weaver Ploceus sanctithomae
- Sao Tome White-eye Zosterops feae
- Sao Tome Spinetail Zoonavena thomensis
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Sao Tome Oriole Oriolus crassirostris
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Island Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba malherbii
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Sao Tome Green Pigeon Treron sanctithomae
- Giant Sunbird Dreptes thomensis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Sao Tome Scops Owl Otus hartlaubi
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Giant Weaver Ploceus grandis
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
- Sao Tome Olive Pigeon Columba thomensis
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Golden-backed Bishop Euplectes aureus
- Sao Tome Fiscal Lanius newtoni
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Sao Tome Grosbeak Crithagra concolor
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at São Tomé – Bom Sucesso Botanical Gardens?
February–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 26 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at São Tomé – Bom Sucesso Botanical Gardens?
48 species, from 1,211 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at São Tomé – Bom Sucesso Botanical Gardens in November?
The most recorded in November: Sao Tome Paradise Flycatcher, Principe Seedeater, Black-capped Speirops, Newton's Sunbird and Sao Tome Prinia.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.