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The site was identified as important in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Sao Tome Olive-pigeon Columba thomensis	EN	resident	1999	present	A1, A2
Sao Tome Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba malherbii	NT	resident	1999	present	A2
Sao Tome Green-pigeon Treron sanctithomae	EN	resident	1999	present	A2
Sao Tome Spinetail Zoonavena thomensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A2
Sao Tome Scops-owl Otus hartlaubi	VU	resident	1999	present	A1, A2
Sao Tome Oriole Oriolus crassirostris	VU	resident	1999	present	A1, A2
Sao Tome Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone atrochalybeia	LC	resident	1999	present	A2
Sao Tome Prinia Prinia molleri	LC	resident	1999	present	A2
Black-capped Speirops Zosterops lugubris	LC	resident	1999	present	A2
Sao Tome White-eye Zosterops feae	NT	resident	1999	present	A1, A2
Sao Tome Thrush Turdus olivaceofuscus	LC	resident	1999	present	A1, A2
Newton's Sunbird Anabathmis newtonii	LC	resident	1999	present	A2
Giant Sunbird Dreptes thomensis	VU	resident	1999	present	A1, A2
Giant Weaver Ploceus grandis	NT	resident	1999	present	A2
Sao Tome Weaver Ploceus sanctithomae	LC	resident	1999	present	A2
Principe Seedeater Crithagra rufobrunnea	LC	resident	1999	present	A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Obô Natural Park	Other	-
2006	Parque Natural Obô de São Tomé	Natural Park	72

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: São Tomé montane and cloud-forests (São Tomé e Príncipe). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/são-tomé-montane-and-cloud-forests-iba-são-tomé-e-príncipe on 23/11/2024.