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GULF OF GUINEA CONSERVATION GROUP

GULF OF GUINEA ISLANDS' BIODIVERSITY NETWORK

Checklist of the Avifauna of the Gulf of Guinea islands

This checklist is taken from the forthcoming British Ornithologists' Union checklist The Birds of the Gulf of Guinea by P. J. Jones and A. Tye. The GGCG wishes to thank the BOU and the authors for permission to reproduce the list.

R= resident (R*= endemic subspecies; R**= endemic species; R***= endemic genus); B= breeds (seabirds only); M= migrant (Afrotropical or Palearctic); V= vagrant / regular migrant in small numbers; E= extinct; I= introduced; ?= status uncertain. Offshore records shown only where the species is not certainly associated with a particular island. Data for Bioko from Perez del Val (1996, 1997).

Bioko / Príncipe / São Tomé / Annobón / Offshore
PROCELLARIIDAE
Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii / - / - / - / - / ?
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea / V / - / - / - / ?
Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis / - / - / - / - / ?
Sooty Shearwater P. griseus / V / - / ? / V / ?
HYDROBATIDAE
Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus / - / - / - / - / V
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel Fregetta tropica / - / - / - / - / V
British Storm-Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus / V / ? / ? / - / ?
Madeiran Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma castro / - / B / B? / ? / M
Leach's Storm-Petrel O. leucorhoa / - / - / - / - / V
PODICIPEDIDAE / - / - / - / -
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis / R / - / - / -
PHAETHONTIDAE
Red-billed Tropicbird P. aethereus / ? / ?
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus / V / B / B / B
SULIDAE
Cape Gannet Sula capensis / M / ? / ? / -
Masked Booby S. dactylatra / - / V? / - / V? / V
Red-footed Booby S. sula / - / ? / - / - / ?
Brown Booby S.leucogaster / V / B / B / B?
PHALACROCORACIDAE
White-breasted Comorant Phalacrocorax carbo / - / ? / ? / -
Reed Cormorant P. africanus / V / - / R / -
ANHINGIDAE
Darter Anhinga rufa / V / - / - / -
FREGATIDAE
Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila / - / ? / - / - / ?
ARDEIDAE
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus / - / R? / - / -
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax / ?
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides / V / ? / - / -
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis / M / R / R / M?
Green-backed Heron Butorides striatus / R / R / R / V
Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca / - / - / V / -
Western Reef Heron E. gularis / R / R / R / R
Little Egret E. garzetta / M / ? / ? / -
Great White Egret E. alba / - / - / ? / -
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea / - / - / V / -
Grey Heron A. cinerea / V / V / V / -
CICONIIDAE
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis / - / - / V / -
White Stork Ciconia ciconia / - / - / V / -
THRESKIORNITHIDAE
Hadada Bostrychia hagedash / R / - / - / -
Olive Ibis B. olivacea / - / R* / - / -
Dwarf Ibis B. bocagei / - / - / R** / -
PHOENICOPTERIDAE
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber / - / - / ? / -
Lesser Flamingo P. minor / - / V / - / -
ANATIDAE
Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos / - / - / V / -
ACCIPITRIDAE
Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus / V / - / - / -
Black Kite Milvus migrans / M / R / R / V
African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer / V / - / - / -
Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis / R / - / - / -
African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro / R* / - / - / -
FALCONIDAE
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus / - / ? / - / -
Western Red-footed Falcon F. vespertinus / - / V / -
Peregrine Falcon F. peregrinus / V / - / V / -
PHASIANIDAE
Feral Chicken Gallus gallus / - / - / R
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris / E / ? / R / R
Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei / - / - / R* / -
Red-necked Spurfowl Francolinus afer / - / - / R / -
RALLIDAE
Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans / R / - / - / -
African Crake Crex egregia / V / V / V / -
African Water Rail Rallus caerulescens / - / - / V / -
Allen=s Gallinule Porphyrio alleni / M / V / V? / V
Moorhen Gallinula chloropus / - / R / R / E
Lesser Moorhen G. angulata / V / V / R? / -
HELIORNITHIDAE
African Finfoot Podica senegalensis / R? / - / - / -
GLAREOLIDAE
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni / - / V / - / V
Rock Pratincole G. nuchalis / V / - / - / -
CHARADRIIDAE
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius / V / - / ? / -
Ringed Plover C. hiaticula / M / - / ? / -
White-fronted Sand Plover C. marginatus / V / - / V / -
Lesser Golden Plover P. dominica / - / - / V / -
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria / - / - / ? / -
Grey Plover P. squatarola / V / - / V / -
SCOLOPACIDAE
Sanderling Calidris alba / - / - / - / M
[Little] Stint C.[minuta] / - / ? / - / -
Pectoral Sandpiper C. melanotos / - / V / - / -
Curlew Sandpiper C.ferruginea / V / V / V / -
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago / V / - / - / -
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica / - / V / V / -
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus / V / M / M / M
Curlew N. arquata / - / V / V / -
Common Redshank Tringa totanus / V / - / - / -
Marsh Sandpiper T. stagnatilis / M / - / - / -
Greenshank T. nebularia / V / M / M / -
Green Sandpiper T. ochropus / V / - / ? / -
Wood Sandpiper T. glareola / V / - / M / -
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos / M / M / M / -
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres / - / V / V / -
STERCORARIIDAE
Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus / - / - / V / -
Arctic Skua S. parasiticus / - / - / - / ? / ?
Long-tailed Skua S. longicaudus / - / - / - / - / ?
LARIDAE
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus / - / - / - / - / ?
Sabine's Gull Larus sabini / - / - / - / - / ?
Royal Tern Sterna maxima / V / - / - / - / ?
Sandwich Tern S. sandvicensis / - / - / M / -
Common Tern S. hirundo / V / ? / ? / -
Arctic Tern S. paradisaea / V / ? / ? / -
Bridled Tern S. anaethetus / - / B? / B? / B
Sooty Tern S. fuscata / V / B / - / B?
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus / V / - / - / -
Black Tern C. niger / M / - / ? / - / ?
White-winged Black Tern C. leucopterus / - / - / - / V
Black Noddy Anous minutus / - / B / B? / B
Common Noddy A. stolidus / V / B / B / B
COLUMBIDAE
African Green Pigeon Treron calva / R / R* / - / -
São Tomé Green Pigeon T. sanctithomae / - / - / R** / -
Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria / R / - / - / -
Sao Tomé Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba malherbii / - / R** / R** / R**
Lemon Dove C. larvata / R* / R* / R* / R*
Olive (Rameron) Pigeon C. arquatrix / R / - / - / -
Maroon Pigeon C. thomensis / - / - / R** / -
Feral Pigeon C. livia / - / R / R / -
Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata / R / - / - / -
Laughing Dove S. senegalensis / - / R / R / -
PSITTACIDAE
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus / R / R / R? / -
Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullaria / E/I? / E / R / -
MUSOPHAGIDAE
Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata / R / - / - / -
Verreaux's Turaco Turaco macrorhynchus / R / - / - / -
CUCULIDAE
Jacobin Cuckoo Oxylophus jacobinus / - / V / V / -
Striped Cuckoo O. levaillantii / V / - / - / -
Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius / - / ? / - / V
Cuckoo Cuculus canorus/gularis / - / - / V / -
Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius / R(*) / - / - / -
Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus / R / R* / R* / R(*?)
Klaas's Cuckoo C. klaas / R / - / R? / -
Didric Cuckoo C. caprius / R / - / - / -
Green Coucal Ceuthmochares aereus / R / - / - / -
TYTONIDAE
Barn Owl Tyto alba / R / - / R* / -
STRIGIDAE
African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis / - / - / - / R*
Príncipe Scops Owl Otus sp. / - / ? / - / -
São Tomé Scops Owl O. hartlaubi / - / - / R** / -
Fraser's Eagle Owl Bubo poensis / R / - / - / -
Wood Owl Strix woodfordii / R / - / - / -
CAPRIMULGIDAE
Pennant-winged Nightjar Macrodipteryx vexillaria / M / - / - / -
APODIDAE
São Tomé Spinetail Zoonavena thomensis / - / R** / R** / -
Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini / R / - / - / -
Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri / V / - / - / -
Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini / R? / - / - / -
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus / R* / - / - / -
Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus / R / R / R / -
Black Swift Apus barbatus) / V? / ? / ? / -
Common Swift A. apus / - / - / ? / -
Little Swift A. affinis / R* / R* / R* / -
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba / - / - / - / M?
TROGONIDAE
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum / R / - / - / -
ALCEDINIDAE
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia / R / - / - / -
Blue-breasted Kingfisher H. malimbica / - / R* / - / -
Senegal Kingfisher H. senegalensis / M / - / - / -
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster / R* / R* / - / -
Malachite Kingfisher C. cristata / - / - / R* / -
Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima / V / - / - / -
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis / R / ?(B) / V / -
MEROPIDAE
Blue-headed Bee-eater Merops muelleri / R* / - / - / -
CORACIIDAE
European Roller Coracius garrulus / - / V / V / -
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis / R / - / - / -
BUCEROTIDAE
Black-casqued Wattled Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata / R / - / - / -
CAPITONIDAE
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus / R* / - / - / -
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird P. subsulphureus / R* / - / - / -
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird P. bilineatus / R* / - / - / -
INDICATORIDAE
Least Honeyguide Indicator exilis / R* / - / - / -
PICIDAE
Tullberg=s Woodpecker Campethera tullbergi / R / - / - / -
Buff-spotted Woodpecker C. nivosa / R* / - / - / -
Elliot's Woodpecker Dendropicos elliotii / R / - / - / -
EURYLAIMIDAE
Grey-headed Broadbill Smithornis sharpei / R* / - / - / -
HIRUNDINIDAE
Mountain Saw-wing Psalidoprocne fuliginosa / R / - / - / -
Banded Martin Riparia cincta / - / V / - / -
Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga / - / ? / - / -
Lesser Striped Swallow Hirundo abyssinica / R / - / - / -
Barn Swallow H. rustica / M / V / M / -
House Martin Delichon urbica / - / V / - / -
MOTACILLIDAE
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava / M / - / - / -
Mountain Wagtail M. clara / R / - / - / -
Wagtail Motacilla sp. / - / ? / - / -
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis / M / - / ? / -
CAMPEPHAGIDAE
Grey Cuckoo-shrike Coracina caesia / R / - / - / -
PYCNONOTIDAE
Mountain Greenbul Andropadus tephrolaemus / R / - / - / -
Little Greenbul A. virens / R* / - / - / -
Cameroon Sombre Greenbul A. curvirostris / R / - / - / -
Slender-billed Greenbul A. gracilirostris / R / - / - / -
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul A. latirostris / R / - / - / -
Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serina / R / - / - / -
Cameroon Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus poensis / R / - / - / -
Icterine Greenbul P. icterinus / R / - / - / -
Green-tailed Bristlebill Bleda eximia / R / - / - / -
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus / R / - / - / -
TURDIDAE
Forest Robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax / R / - / - / -
Bocage's Akalat Sheppardia bocagei / R* / - / - / -
White-bellied Robin-Chat Cossyphicula roberti / R / - / - / -
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe diademata / R / - / - / -
Brown-chested Alethe A. poliocephala / R / - / - / -
White-tailed Ant-Thrush Neocossyphus poensis / R / - / - / -
Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush N. fraseri / R* / - / - / -
Stonechat Saxicola torquata / R / - / - / -
Whinchat S. rubetra / - / V / - / -
São Tomé Thrush Turdus olivaceofuscus / - / R** / R** / -
West African Thrush T. pelios / R* / - / - / -
SYLVIIDAE
Evergreen Forest Warbler Bradypterus lopezi / R* / - / - / -
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus / - / - / V / -
Greater Swamp Warbler A. rufescens / R / - / - / -
São Tomé Prinia Prinia molleri / - / - / R** / -
Green Longtail Urolais epichlora / R* / - / - / -
Black-capped Apalis Apalis nigriceps / R / - / - / -
Buff-throated Apalis A. rufogularis / R / - / - / -
Grey Apalis A. cinerea / R / - / - / -
White-tailed Warbler Poliolais lopezi / R* / - / - / -
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris / R* / - / - / -
Olive-green Camaroptera C. chloronota / R* / - / - / -
Yellow Longbill Macrosphenus. flavicans / R / - / - / -
Grey Longbill M.concolor / R / - / - / -
Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps / R / - / - / -
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus / V / - / - / - / at sea
Wood Warbler P. sibilatrix / V / - / - / -
Black-capped Woodland Warbler P. herberti / R* / - / - / -
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin / V / - / - / V
Green Hylia Hylia prasina / R / - / - / -
Bocage=s Longbill Amaurocichla bocagii / - / - / R*** / -
MUSCICAPIDAE
Fraser=s Forest-Flycatcher Fraseria ocreata / R / - / - / -
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata / V / V / V / V / at sea
African Dusky Flycatcher M. adusta / R* / - / - / -
Yellow-footed Flycatcher M. sethsmithi / R / - / - / -
MONARCHIDAE
White-bellied Crested Flycatcher Elminia albiventris / R / - / - / -
São Tomé Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrochalybeia / - / - / R** / -
Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher T. rufiventer / R* / - / - / -
Annobón Paradise Flycatcher T. smithii / - / - / - / R**
PLATYSTEIRIDAE
Shrike-Flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus / R / - / - / -
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea / R / - / - / -
Black-necked Wattle-eye D. blissetti (chalybea) / R / - / - / -
Bioko Batis Batis poensis / R* / - / - / -
PICATHARTIDAE
Grey-necked Picathartes Picathartes oreas / R / - / - / -
TIMALIIDAE
Pale-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis rufipennis / R* / - / - / -
Blackcap Illadopsis I. cleaveri / R* / - / - / -
Grey-chested Illadopsis Kakamega poliothorax / R / - / - / -
African Hill Babbler Pseudoalcippe abyssinica / R / - / - / -
Dohrn's Thrush-Babbler Horizorhinus dohrni / - / R*** / - / -
REMIZIDAE
Tit-hylia Pholidornis rushiae / R* / - / - / -
NECTARINIIDAE
Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris / R* / - / - / -