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Sao Tome and Principe
This checklist includes all bird species found in Sao Tome and Principe , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2022. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Sao Tome and Principe [map]
Other names: São Tomé and Príncipe
Number of endemics: 25
Number of globally threatened species: 14
Number of introduced species: 4
Date last reviewed: 2013-02-21
Last modified: 2022-11-04
See also: https://www.africanbirdclub.org/countries/checklists/download
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| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
| Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
| African Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus auritus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
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| Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei | |
| Scaly Spurfowl | Pternistis squamatus | |
| Red-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis afer | |
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| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
| Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | |
| Maroon Pigeon | Columba thomensis | Endemic |
| Sao Tome Pigeon | Columba malherbii | Endemic (country/region) |
| Lemon Dove | Aplopelia larvata | |
| Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| Sao Tome Green-Pigeon | Treron sanctithomae | Endemic |
| African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus | |
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| Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
| Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
| Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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| Sao Tome Spinetail | Zoonavena thomensis | Endemic |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
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| African Rail | Rallus caerulescens | |
| African Crake | Crex egregia | |
| Lesser Moorhen | Paragallinula angulata | |
| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | Rare/Accidental |
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| Eurasian Thick-knee | Burhinus oedicnemus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| European Golden-Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | |
| American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| White-fronted Plover | Charadrius marginatus | |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Rare/Accidental |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
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| Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | |
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| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Rare/Accidental |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | Rare/Accidental |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
| West African Crested Tern | Thalasseus albididorsalis | Rare/Accidental |
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| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
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| European Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | |
| Band-rumped Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates castro | |
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| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | |
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| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | Rare/Accidental |
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| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Rare/Accidental |
| Cape Gannet | Morus capensis | |
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| Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
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| Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | Rare/Accidental |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Western Reef-Heron | Egretta gularis | |
| Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | Rare/Accidental |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
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| Olive Ibis | Bostrychia olivacea | |
| Sao Tome Ibis | Bostrychia bocagei | Endemic |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis | |
| White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
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| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Sao Tome Scops-Owl | Otus hartlaubi | Endemic |
| African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
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| Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
| White-bellied Kingfisher | Corythornis leucogaster | |
| Blue-breasted Kingfisher | Halcyon malimbica | |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
| Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | Rare/Accidental |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Red-headed Lovebird | Agapornis pullarius | |
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| Gray Parrot | Psittacus erithacus | |
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| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | Rare/Accidental |
| Sao Tome Oriole | Oriolus crassirostris | Endemic |
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| Velvet-mantled Drongo | Dicrurus modestus | |
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| Sao Tome Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone atrochalybeia | Endemic |
| Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone rufiventer | |
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| Lesser Gray Shrike | Lanius minor | |
| Newton's Fiscal | Lanius newtoni | Endemic |
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| Sao Tome Prinia | Prinia molleri | Endemic |
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| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | Rare/Accidental |
| Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Common House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga | Rare/Accidental |
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| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | Rare/Accidental |
| Dohrn's Thrush-Babbler | Sylvia dohrni | |
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| Principe White-eye | Zosterops ficedulinus | Endemic |
| Sao Tome White-eye | Zosterops feae | Endemic |
| Black-capped Speirops | Zosterops lugubris | Endemic |
| Principe Speirops | Zosterops leucophaeus | Endemic |
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| Chestnut-winged Starling | Onychognathus fulgidus | |
| Splendid Starling | Lamprotornis splendidus | |
| Principe Starling | Lamprotornis ornatus | Endemic |
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| Principe Thrush | Turdus xanthorhynchus | Endemic |
| Sao Tome Thrush | Turdus olivaceofuscus | Endemic |
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| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | Rare/Accidental |
| Collared Flycatcher | Ficedula albicollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | Rare/Accidental |
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| Principe Sunbird | Anabathmis hartlaubii | Endemic |
| Newton's Sunbird | Anabathmis newtonii | Endemic |
| Sao Tome Sunbird | Dreptes thomensis | Endemic |
| Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | |
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| Principe Golden-Weaver | Ploceus princeps | Endemic |
| Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus | |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | Introduced species |
| Giant Weaver | Ploceus grandis | Endemic |
| Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus | |
| Sao Tome Weaver | Ploceus sanctithomae | Endemic |
| Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops | |
| Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus | |
| Golden-backed Bishop | Euplectes aureus | |
| White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | |
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| Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
| Chestnut-breasted Nigrita | Nigrita bicolor | |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | Introduced species |
| Southern Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus angolensis | Introduced species |
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| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | Introduced species |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Sao Tome Short-tail | Motacilla bocagii | Endemic |
| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | Rare/Accidental |
| African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | Rare/Accidental |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | |
| Principe Seedeater | Crithagra rufobrunnea | Endemic |
| Sao Tome Grosbeak | Crithagra concolor | Endemic |
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