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Principe
This checklist includes all bird species found in 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 2024. 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: Principe [map]
Other names: Príncipe
Number of endemics: 8
Number of globally threatened species: 8
Number of introduced species: 6
Date last reviewed: 2016-07-01
Last modified: 2024-12-25
See also: https://www.africanbirdclub.org/countries/checklists/download
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| Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
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| Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei | |
| Scaly Spurfowl | Pternistis squamatus | |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | |
| Maroon Pigeon | Columba thomensis | Endemic (country/region) Endangered |
| Sao Tome Pigeon | Columba malherbii | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Lemon Dove | Aplopelia larvata | |
| Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | Introduced species |
| African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus | |
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| Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | Rare/Accidental |
| African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Sao Tome Spinetail | Zoonavena thomensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
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| African Crake | Crecopsis egregia | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Moorhen | Paragallinula angulata | Rare/Accidental |
| 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 | Vulnerable |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius | Rare/Accidental |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | Rare/Accidental |
| White-fronted Plover | Anarhynchus marginatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | Rare/Accidental |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Rare/Accidental |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
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| Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | Rare/Accidental |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Rare/Accidental |
| African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
| Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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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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| Band-rumped Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates castro | |
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| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Near-threatened |
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| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | Rare/Accidental |
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| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | Rare/Accidental |
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| Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
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| Olive Ibis | Bostrychia olivacea | |
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| Little Bittern | Botaurus minutus | |
| Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Reef-Heron | Egretta gularis | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | Rare/Accidental |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | Rare/Accidental |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
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| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Principe Scops-Owl | Otus bikegila | Endemic Critically endangered |
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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 | Rare/Accidental |
| Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
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| Red-headed Lovebird | Agapornis pullarius | Extirpated |
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| Gray Parrot | Psittacus erithacus | Endangered |
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| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
| Velvet-mantled Drongo | Dicrurus modestus | |
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| Lesser Gray Shrike | Lanius minor | Rare/Accidental |
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| Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | Rare/Accidental |
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | Rare/Accidental |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Rare/Accidental |
| Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | 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 | Endemic |
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| Principe White-eye | Zosterops ficedulinus | Endemic Endangered |
| Black-capped Speirops | Zosterops lugubris | Endemic (country/region) |
| 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 Critically endangered |
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| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | Rare/Accidental |
| Collared Flycatcher | Ficedula albicollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | Rare/Accidental |
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| Principe Sunbird | Anabathmis hartlaubii | 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 |
| Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops | Extirpated |
| Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus | |
| Golden-backed Bishop | Euplectes aureus | |
| White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | |
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| Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | Introduced species |
| 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 | Rare/Accidental |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | Rare/Accidental |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | Rare/Accidental |
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| Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | |
| Principe Seedeater | Crithagra rufobrunnea | Endemic (country/region) |
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