| Order : Anseriformes | | |
| Family : Anatidae | | |
| Fulvous Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | Dendrocygne fauve |
| Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | Canard à bosse |
| African Pygmy Goose | Nettapus auritus | Anserelle naine |
| Order : Galliformes | | |
| Family : Numididae | | |
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | Pintade de Numidie |
| Family : Phasianidae | | |
| Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei | Caille arlequin |
| Scaly Spurfowl | Pternistis squamatus | Francolin écaillé |
| Red-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis afer | Francolin à gorge rouge |
| Order : Apodiformes | | |
| Family : Apodidae | | |
| Sao Tome Spinetail | Zoonavena thomensis | Martinet de Sao Tomé |
| African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | Martinet des palmes |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | Martinet noir |
| Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | Martinet pâle |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | Martinet des maisons |
| Order : Cuculiformes | | |
| Family : Cuculidae | | |
| Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | Coucou geai |
| Jacobin Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | Coucou jacobin |
| Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | Coucou de Klaas |
| African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | Coucou foliotocol |
| African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis | Coucou africain |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | Coucou gris |
| Order : Columbiformes | | |
| Family : Columbidae | | |
| Rock Dove | Columba livia | Pigeon biset |
| African Olive Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | Pigeon rameron |
| Cameroon Olive Pigeon | Columba sjostedti | Pigeon du Cameroun |
| Sao Tome Olive Pigeon | Columba thomensis | Pigeon de Sao Tomé |
| Island Bronze-naped Pigeon | Columba malherbii | Pigeon de Malherbe |
| Lemon Dove | Columba larvata | Pigeon à masque blanc |
| Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | Tourterelle maillée |
| African Green Pigeon | Treron calvus | Colombar à front nu |
| Sao Tome Green Pigeon | Treron sanctithomae | Colombar de Sao Tomé |
| Order : Gruiformes | | |
| Family : Rallidae | | |
| African Rail | Rallus caerulescens | Râle bleuâtre |
| African Crake | Crecopsis egregia | Râle des prés |
| Lesser Moorhen | Paragallinula angulata | Gallinule africaine |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | Gallinule poule-d'eau |
| Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | Talève d'Allen |
| Order : Phoenicopteriformes | | |
| Family : Phoenicopteridae | | |
| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | Flamant rose |
| Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | Flamant nain |
| Order : Charadriiformes | | |
| Family : Burhinidae | | |
| Eurasian Stone-curlew | Burhinus oedicnemus | Oedicnème criard |
| Family : Charadriidae | | |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Pluvier argenté |
| European Golden Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | Pluvier doré |
| American Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Pluvier bronzé |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | Grand Gravelot
Pluvier grand-gravelot |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | Petit Gravelot
Pluvier petit-gravelot |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | Vanneau éperonné
Vanneau à éperons |
| White-fronted Plover | Anarhynchus marginatus | Gravelot à front blanc
Pluvier à front blanc |
| Family : Scolopacidae | | |
| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Courlis corlieu |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Courlis cendré |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Barge rousse |
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | Phalarope à bec large |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | Chevalier guignette |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | Chevalier cul-blanc
Chevalier culblanc |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | Chevalier stagnatile |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Chevalier sylvain |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | Chevalier aboyeur |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Tournepierre à collier |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Bécasseau maubèche |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Combattant varié |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Bécasseau cocorli |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Bécasseau sanderling |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Bécasseau minute |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Bécasseau tacheté
Bécasseau à poitrine cendrée |
| Family : Glareolidae | | |
| Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | Glaréole à ailes noires |
| Family : Laridae | | |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | Noddi brun |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | Noddi noir |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Sterne fuligineuse |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | Sterne bridée |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Guifette noire |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Guifette leucoptère |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | Sterne arctique |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | Sterne de Dougall |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | Sterne caugek |
| West African Crested Tern | Thalasseus albididorsalis | Sterne à dos pâle |
| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | Mouette de Sabine |
| Grey-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | Mouette à tête grise |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Mouette de Franklin |
| Family : Stercorariidae | | |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Labbe parasite |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Labbe pomarin |
| Order : Phaethontiformes | | |
| Family : Phaethontidae | | |
| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | Phaéton à bec rouge |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | Phaéton à bec jaune |
| Order : Procellariiformes | | |
| Family : Oceanitidae | | |
| Wilson's Storm Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | Océanite de Wilson |
| Black-bellied Storm Petrel | Fregetta tropica | Océanite à ventre noir |
| Family : Hydrobatidae | | |
| European Storm Petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | Océanite tempête |
| Leach's Storm Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Océanite culblanc
Océanite cul-blanc |
| Band-rumped Storm Petrel | Hydrobates castro | Océanite de Castro |
| Family : Procellariidae | | |
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | Puffin boréal |
| Scopoli's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | Puffin de Scopoli |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Puffin fuligineux |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | Puffin majeur |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | Pétrel de Bulwer |
| Order : Ciconiiformes | | |
| Family : Ciconiidae | | |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | Tantale ibis |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | Cigogne blanche |
| Order : Suliformes | | |
| Family : Fregatidae | | |
| Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | Frégate superbe |
| Family : Sulidae | | |
| Cape Gannet | Morus capensis | Fou du Cap |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Fou à pieds rouges |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Fou brun |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | Fou masqué |
| Family : Phalacrocoracidae | | |
| Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | Cormoran africain |
| Order : Pelecaniformes | | |
| Family : Threskiornithidae | | |
| Olive Ibis | Bostrychia olivacea | Ibis olive |
| Sao Tome Ibis | Bostrychia bocagei | Ibis de Sao Tomé |
| Family : Ardeidae | | |
| Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | Blongios nain |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Bihoreau gris |
| Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | Aigrette ardoisée |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Aigrette garzette |
| Western Reef Heron | Egretta gularis | Aigrette des récifs
Aigrette à gorge blanche |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | Héron strié |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | Crabier chevelu |
| Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | Héron garde-boeufs |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Grande Aigrette |
| Medium Egret | Ardea intermedia | Héron intermédiaire |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | Héron cendré |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | Héron pourpré |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | Héron mélanocéphale |
| Order : Accipitriformes | | |
| Family : Pandionidae | | |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Balbuzard pêcheur |
| Family : Accipitridae | | |
| Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis | Palmiste africain |
| White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | Vautour africain |
| Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus | Milan des chauves-souris
Alcin des chauves-souris |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | Milan noir |
| Yellow-billed Kite | Milvus aegyptius | Milan à bec jaune |
| Order : Strigiformes | | |
| Family : Tytonidae | | |
| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | Effraie des clochers
Chouette effraie |
| Family : Strigidae | | |
| Principe Scops Owl | Otus bikegila | Petit-duc de Principé |
| Sao Tome Scops Owl | Otus hartlaubi | Petit-duc de Sao Tomé |
| African Scops Owl | Otus senegalensis | Petit-duc africain |
| Annobon Scops Owl | Otus feae | Petit-duc d'Annobon |
| Order : Coraciiformes | | |
| Family : Coraciidae | | |
| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | Rollier d'Europe |
| Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | Rolle violet |
| Family : Alcedinidae | | |
| Blue-breasted Kingfisher | Halcyon malimbica | Martin-chasseur à poitrine bleue |
| White-bellied Kingfisher | Corythornis leucogaster | Martin-pêcheur à ventre blanc |
| Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | Martin-pêcheur huppé |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | Martin-pêcheur pie
Alcyon pie |
| Order : Falconiformes | | |
| Family : Falconidae | | |
| Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Faucon kobez |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | Faucon hobereau |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | Faucon lanier |
| Order : Psittaciformes | | |
| Family : Psittacidae | | |
| Grey Parrot | Psittacus erithacus | Perroquet jaco |
| Timneh Parrot | Psittacus timneh | Perroquet timneh |
| Family : Psittaculidae | | |
| Red-headed Lovebird | Agapornis pullarius | Inséparable à tête rouge |
| Order : Passeriformes | | |
| Family : Oriolidae | | |
| Sao Tome Oriole | Oriolus crassirostris | Loriot de Sao Tomé |
| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | Loriot d'Europe
Loriot jaune |
| Family : Dicruridae | | |
| Velvet-mantled Drongo | Dicrurus modestus | Drongo modeste |
| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | Drongo brillant |
| Family : Monarchidae | | |
| Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone rufiventer | Tchitrec à ventre roux |
| Annobon Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone smithii | Tchitrec d'Annobon |
| Sao Tome Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone atrochalybeia | Tchitrec de Sao Tomé |
| Family : Laniidae | | |
| Sao Tome Fiscal | Lanius newtoni | Pie-grièche de Sao Tomé |
| Lesser Grey Shrike | Lanius minor | Pie-grièche à poitrine rose |
| Family : Hirundinidae | | |
| Grey-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga | Hirondelle à croupion gris |
| Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | Hirondelle à collier |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | Hirondelle de rivage |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Hirondelle rustique
Hirondelle de cheminée |
| Western House Martin | Delichon urbicum | Hirondelle de fenêtre |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | Hirondelle striée |
| Family : Phylloscopidae | | |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | Pouillot fitis |
| Family : Acrocephalidae | | |
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | Rousserolle turdoïde |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | Phragmite des joncs |
| Family : Cisticolidae | | |
| Sao Tome Prinia | Prinia molleri | Prinia de São Tomé |
| Family : Sylviidae | | |
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | Fauvette des jardins |
| Dohrn's Warbler | Sylvia dohrni | Gobemouche de Dohrn |
| Family : Zosteropidae | | |
| Principe White-eye | Zosterops ficedulinus | Zostérops becfigue |
| Sao Tome White-eye | Zosterops feae | Zostérops de Fea |
| Black-capped Speirops | Zosterops lugubris | Zostérops de Sao Tomé |
| Principe Speirops | Zosterops leucophaeus | Zostérops de Principé |
| Family : Sturnidae | | |
| Splendid Starling | Lamprotornis splendidus | Choucador splendide |
| Principe Starling | Lamprotornis ornatus | Choucador de Principé |
| Chestnut-winged Starling | Onychognathus fulgidus | Rufipenne de forêt |
| Family : Turdidae | | |
| Principe Thrush | Turdus xanthorhynchus | Merle de Principé |
| Sao Tome Thrush | Turdus olivaceofuscus | Merle de Sao Tomé |
| Family : Muscicapidae | | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | Gobemouche gris |
| Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | Rossignol philomèle |
| Collared Flycatcher | Ficedula albicollis | Gobemouche à collier |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | Tarier des prés |
| Family : Nectariniidae | | |
| Principe Sunbird | Anabathmis hartlaubii | Souimanga de Hartlaub |
| Newton's Sunbird | Anabathmis newtonii | Souimanga de Newton |
| Giant Sunbird | Dreptes thomensis | Souimanga de Sao Tomé |
| Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | Souimanga olivâtre |
| Family : Passeridae | | |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Moineau domestique |
| Family : Ploceidae | | |
| Principe Weaver | Ploceus princeps | Tisserin de Principé |
| Southern Masked Weaver | Ploceus velatus | Tisserin à tête rousse |
| Vitelline Masked Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus | Tisserin vitellin |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | Tisserin gendarme |
| Giant Weaver | Ploceus grandis | Tisserin géant |
| Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus | Tisserin à tête noire |
| Sao Tome Weaver | Ploceus sanctithomae | Tisserin de Sao Tomé |
| Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops | Travailleur à tête rouge |
| Black-winged Red Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus | Euplecte monseigneur |
| Golden-backed Bishop | Euplectes aureus | Euplecte doré |
| White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | Euplecte à épaules blanches |
| Family : Estrildidae | | |
| Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | Capucin nonnette |
| Chestnut-breasted Nigrita | Nigrita bicolor | Nigrette à ventre roux |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | Astrild ondulé |
| Blue Waxbill | Uraeginthus angolensis | Cordonbleu de l'Angola |
| Family : Viduidae | | |
| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | Veuve dominicaine |
| Long-tailed Paradise Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | Veuve de paradis |
| Family : Motacillidae | | |
| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | Bergeronnette printanière |
| Sao Tome Shorttail | Motacilla bocagii | Nasique de Bocage |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | Bergeronnette grise |
| African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | Bergeronnette pie |
| Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | Pipit à dos uni |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | Pipit des arbres |
| Family : Fringillidae | | |
| Principe Seedeater | Crithagra rufobrunnea | Serin roux |
| Sao Tome Grosbeak | Crithagra concolor | Néospize de Sao Tomé |
| Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | Serin du Mozambique |
