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Bioko (Fernando Po)
This checklist includes all bird species found in Bioko (Fernando Po) , 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 .
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Country or region: Bioko (Fernando Po) [map]
Other names: Región Insular
Number of endemics: 2
Number of globally threatened species: 4
Number of introduced species: 2
Date last reviewed: 2018-07-19
Last modified: 2026-01-06
See also: https://www.africanbirdclub.org/countries/checklists/download
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| African Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus auritus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | Extirpated |
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| Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei | Rare/Accidental |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Cameroon Pigeon | Columba sjostedti | |
| Lemon Dove | Aplopelia larvata | |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer | |
| Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | |
| African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus | |
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| Great Blue Turaco | Corythaeola cristata | |
| Yellow-billed Turaco | Tauraco macrorhynchus | |
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| Blue Malkoha | Ceuthmochares aereus | |
| Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
| Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
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| Eurasian Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Mottled Spinetail | Telacanthura ussheri | Rare/Accidental |
| Sabine's Spinetail | Rhaphidura sabini | |
| Cassin's Spinetail | Neafrapus cassini | |
| Scarce Swift | Schoutedenapus myoptilus | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
| African Swift | Apus barbatus | |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
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| Buff-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura elegans | |
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| African Crake | Crecopsis egregia | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Moorhen | Paragallinula angulata | |
| Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | |
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| African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis | |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius | Rare/Accidental |
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| Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | Rare/Accidental |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
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| Rock Pratincole | Glareola nuchalis | |
| Gray Pratincole | Glareola cinerea | |
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| African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Rare/Accidental |
| West African Crested Tern | Thalasseus albididorsalis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
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| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Cape Gannet | Morus capensis | Endangered |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
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| African Darter | Anhinga rufa | Rare/Accidental |
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| Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | Rare/Accidental |
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| African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
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| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Western Reef-Heron | Egretta gularis | |
| White-backed Night Heron | Calherodius leuconotus | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | Rare/Accidental |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis | |
| African Cuckoo-Hawk | Aviceda cuculoides | |
| European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | Rare/Accidental |
| White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
| Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus | Rare/Accidental |
| African Goshawk | Aerospiza tachiro | |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
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| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
| Fraser's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa poensis | |
| African Wood-Owl | Strix woodfordii | |
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| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
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| Bar-tailed Trogon | Apaloderma vittatum | |
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| Black-casqued Hornbill | Ceratogymna atrata | Near-threatened |
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| Blue-moustached Bee-eater | Merops mentalis | Near-threatened |
| Blue-headed Bee-eater | Merops muelleri | |
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| White-bellied Kingfisher | Corythornis leucogaster | |
| Chocolate-backed Kingfisher | Halcyon badia | |
| Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis | |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| Blue-throated Roller | Eurystomus gularis | |
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| Speckled Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus scolopaceus | |
| Yellow-throated Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus subsulphureus | |
| Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | |
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| Cassin's Honeybird | Prodotiscus insignis | |
| Least Honeyguide | Indicator exilis | |
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| Elliot's Woodpecker | Dendropicos elliotii | |
| Buff-spotted Woodpecker | Pardipicus nivosus | |
| Tullberg's Woodpecker | Campethera tullbergi | |
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| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Gray Parrot | Psittacus erithacus | Endangered |
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| Gray-headed Broadbill | Smithornis sharpei | |
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| Gray Cuckooshrike | Ceblepyris caesius | |
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| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
| Black-winged Oriole | Oriolus nigripennis | |
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| Chestnut Wattle-eye | Dyaphorophyia castanea | |
| Black-necked Wattle-eye | Platysteira chalybea | |
| Bioko Batis | Batis poensis | Endemic |
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| African Shrike-flycatcher | Megabyas flammulatus | |
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| Lühder's Bushshrike | Laniarius luehderi | Introduced species |
| Western Boubou | Laniarius poensis | |
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| Velvet-mantled Drongo | Dicrurus modestus | |
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| Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone rufiventer | |
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| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
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| Gray-necked Rockfowl | Picathartes oreas | Near-threatened |
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| White-bellied Crested Flycatcher | Elminia albiventris | |
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| Yellow Longbill | Macrosphenus flavicans | |
| Gray Longbill | Macrosphenus concolor | |
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| Rufous-crowned Eremomela | Eremomela badiceps | |
| White-chinned Prinia | Schistolais leucopogon | Rare/Accidental |
| Green Longtail | Urolais epichlorus | |
| White-tailed Warbler | Poliolais lopezi | |
| Yellow-browed Camaroptera | Camaroptera superciliaris | |
| Olive-green Camaroptera | Camaroptera chloronota | |
| Black-capped Apalis | Apalis nigriceps | |
| Buff-throated Apalis | Apalis rufogularis | |
| Gray Apalis | Apalis cinerea | |
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| Greater Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus rufescens | |
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Evergreen-forest Warbler | Bradypterus lopezi | |
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| Mountain Sawwing | Psalidoprocne fuliginosa | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Ethiopian Swallow | Hirundo aethiopica | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
| Preuss's Swallow | Petrochelidon preussi | Rare/Accidental |
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| Slender-billed Greenbul | Stelgidillas gracilirostris | |
| Golden Greenbul | Calyptocichla serinus | |
| Yellow-lored Bristlebill | Bleda notatus | |
| Western Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla tephrolaema | |
| Red-tailed Greenbul | Criniger calurus | |
| Little Greenbul | Eurillas virens | |
| Yellow-whiskered Greenbul | Eurillas latirostris | |
| Plain Greenbul | Eurillas curvirostris | |
| Icterine Greenbul | Phyllastrephus icterinus | |
| Cameroon Olive-Greenbul | Phyllastrephus poensis | |
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| Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-capped Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus herberti | |
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| Green Hylia | Hylia prasina | |
| Tit-hylia | Pholidornis rushiae | |
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| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
| African Hill Babbler | Sylvia abyssinica | |
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| Forest White-eye | Zosterops stenocricotus | |
| Bioko Speirops | Zosterops brunneus | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Annobon White-eye | Zosterops griseovirescens | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Pale-breasted Illadopsis | Illadopsis rufipennis | |
| Blackcap Illadopsis | Illadopsis cleaveri | |
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| Chestnut-winged Starling | Onychognathus fulgidus | |
| Waller's Starling | Onychognathus walleri | |
| Narrow-tailed Starling | Poeoptera lugubris | |
| Splendid Starling | Lamprotornis splendidus | |
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| Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush | Stizorhina fraseri | |
| White-tailed Ant-Thrush | Neocossyphus poensis | |
| Black-eared Ground-Thrush | Geokichla camaronensis | |
| African Thrush | Turdus pelios | |
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| African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta | |
| Yellow-footed Flycatcher | Muscicapa sethsmithi | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| African Forest-Flycatcher | Fraseria ocreata | |
| Fire-crested Alethe | Alethe castanea | |
| White-bellied Robin-Chat | Cossyphicula roberti | |
| Brown-chested Alethe | Chamaetylas poliocephala | |
| Orange-breasted Forest Robin | Stiphrornis erythrothorax | |
| Short-tailed Akalat | Sheppardia poensis | |
| African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
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| Gray-chested Babbler | Kakamega poliothorax | |
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| Fraser's Sunbird | Deleornis fraseri | |
| Little Green Sunbird | Anthreptes seimundi | |
| Gray-chinned Sunbird | Anthreptes tephrolaemus | |
| Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | |
| Blue-throated Brown Sunbird | Cyanomitra cyanolaema | |
| Cameroon Sunbird | Cyanomitra oritis | |
| Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | |
| Green-throated Sunbird | Chalcomitra rubescens | |
| Olive-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris chloropygius | |
| Tiny Sunbird | Cinnyris minullus | |
| Northern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris reichenowi | |
| Ursula's Sunbird | Cinnyris ursulae | |
| Bates's Sunbird | Cinnyris batesi | |
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| Red-headed Malimbe | Malimbus rubricollis | |
| Olive-naped Weaver | Ploceus brachypterus | |
| Black-billed Weaver | Ploceus melanogaster | |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
| Maxwell's Black Weaver | Ploceus albinucha | |
| Dark-backed Weaver | Ploceus bicolor | |
| Brown-capped Weaver | Ploceus insignis | |
| Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis | |
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| Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
| Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | |
| Shelley's Oliveback | Nesocharis shelleyi | |
| Green-backed Twinspot | Mandingoa nitidula | |
| Red-faced Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza reichenovii | |
| White-breasted Nigrita | Nigrita fusconotus | |
| Gray-headed Nigrita | Nigrita canicapillus | |
| Pale-fronted Nigrita | Nigrita luteifrons | |
| Black-crowned Waxbill | Estrilda nonnula | |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
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| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
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| Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | |
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| Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara | |
| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| Long-legged Pipit | Anthus pallidiventris | |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
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| Oriole Finch | Linurgus olivaceus | |
| Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | |
| Thick-billed Seedeater | Crithagra burtoni | |
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