Birds of São Tomé & Príncipe
São Tomé & Príncipe hosts 92 regularly occurring species in this directory, 25 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
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
- 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 FiscalLanius newtoni
- Sao Tome GrosbeakCrithagra concolor
- Principe White-eyeZosterops ficedulinus
- Principe ThrushTurdus xanthorhynchus
- Principe Scops OwlOtus bikegila
All regular species
- 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
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Island Bronze-naped PigeonColumba malherbii
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus
- Principe WeaverPloceus princeps
- Sao Tome SpinetailZoonavena thomensis
- White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
- Chestnut-winged StarlingOnychognathus fulgidus
- African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
- 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
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus