Birds of São Tomé & Príncipe

Endemic to São Tomé & Príncipe

Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.

• Black-capped SpeiropsZosterops lugubris
• Newton's SunbirdAnabathmis newtonii
• Sao Tome ThrushTurdus olivaceofuscus
• Sao Tome PriniaPrinia molleri
• Principe SeedeaterCrithagra rufobrunnea
• Sao Tome Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone atrochalybeia
• Sao Tome WeaverPloceus sanctithomae
• Principe WeaverPloceus princeps
• Sao Tome SpinetailZoonavena thomensis
• Dohrn's WarblerSylvia dohrni
• Giant WeaverPloceus grandis
• Sao Tome OrioleOriolus crassirostris
• Giant SunbirdDreptes thomensis
• Sao Tome Green PigeonTreron sanctithomae
• Sao Tome White-eyeZosterops feae
• Principe SpeiropsZosterops leucophaeus
• Principe SunbirdAnabathmis hartlaubii
• Principe StarlingLamprotornis ornatus
• Sao Tome Olive PigeonColumba thomensis
• Sao Tome Scops OwlOtus hartlaubi
• Sao Tome IbisBostrychia bocagei
• Sao Tome ShorttailMotacilla bocagii
• Sao Tome FiscalLanius newtoni
• Sao Tome GrosbeakCrithagra concolor
• Principe White-eyeZosterops ficedulinus
• Principe ThrushTurdus xanthorhynchus
• Principe Scops OwlOtus bikegila

All regular species

• Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
• Black-capped SpeiropsZosterops lugubris
• Newton's SunbirdAnabathmis newtonii
• Sao Tome ThrushTurdus olivaceofuscus
• Sao Tome PriniaPrinia molleri
• Principe SeedeaterCrithagra rufobrunnea
• Black KiteMilvus migrans
• Sao Tome Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone atrochalybeia
• Sao Tome WeaverPloceus sanctithomae
• Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
• African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
• Lemon DoveAplopelia larvata
• Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
• Island Bronze-naped PigeonColumba malherbii
• Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
• Little SwiftApus affinis
• Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
• Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
• Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus
• Principe WeaverPloceus princeps
• Sao Tome SpinetailZoonavena thomensis
• White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
• Chestnut-winged StarlingOnychognathus fulgidus
• Dohrn's WarblerSylvia dohrni
• African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
• Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
• Giant WeaverPloceus grandis
• Sao Tome OrioleOriolus crassirostris
• Grey ParrotPsittacus erithacus
• Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
• Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis
• Giant SunbirdDreptes thomensis
• Sao Tome Green PigeonTreron sanctithomae
• Sao Tome White-eyeZosterops feae
• Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
• Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• Striated HeronButorides striata
• Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
• Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
• Principe SpeiropsZosterops leucophaeus
• Principe SunbirdAnabathmis hartlaubii
• Principe StarlingLamprotornis ornatus
• White-winged WidowbirdEuplectes albonotatus
• Red-headed LovebirdAgapornis pullarius
• African Green PigeonTreron calvus
• Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
• Splendid StarlingLamprotornis splendidus
• Black-winged Red BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
• Sao Tome Olive PigeonColumba thomensis
• Sao Tome Scops OwlOtus hartlaubi
• Rock DoveColumba livia
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• Golden-backed BishopEuplectes aureus
• Brown BoobySula leucogaster
• Harlequin QuailCoturnix delegorguei
• Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
• Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
• Sao Tome IbisBostrychia bocagei
• Velvet-mantled DrongoDicrurus modestus
• Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
• Sao Tome ShorttailMotacilla bocagii
• Western Barn OwlTyto alba
• Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
• Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
• Sao Tome FiscalLanius newtoni
• Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
• Sao Tome GrosbeakCrithagra concolor
• Principe White-eyeZosterops ficedulinus
• Principe ThrushTurdus xanthorhynchus
• Red-necked SpurfowlPternistis afer
• Black NoddyAnous minutus
• Principe Scops OwlOtus bikegila
• Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
• House SparrowPasser domesticus
• Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
• Little EgretEgretta garzetta
• Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
• Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
• Chestnut-breasted NigritaNigrita bicolor
• Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
• Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
• Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
• Red-footed BoobySula sula
• Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
• Lesser MoorhenParagallinula angulata
• Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
• Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
• Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
• Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
• SanderlingCalidris alba
• Purple HeronArdea purpurea
• Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
• Garden WarblerSylvia borin
• Grey HeronArdea cinerea
• Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
• Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
• Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
• RuffCalidris pugnax
• African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.

• Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
• Common TernSterna hirundo
• Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
• White StorkCiconia ciconia
• Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
• Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
• Sabine's GullXema sabini
• African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
• Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
• Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
• WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
• Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
• Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
• Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
• Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
• Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
• African CrakeCrecopsis egregia
• Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
• Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealis
• Ascension FrigatebirdFregata aquila