Endemic Animals of Equatorial Guinea

The Annobón white-eye (Zosterops griseovirescens ) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to the island of Annobón, part of Equatorial Guinea and is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and plantations. Less

The island bronze-naped pigeon (Columba malherbii ), also known as the São Tomé bronze-naped pigeon, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the Gulf of Guinea islands of Annobón (Equatorial Guinea), São Tomé and Príncipe (São Tomé and Príncipe). Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is part of the subgenus Turturoena. The species of birds was described by Jules and Edouard Verreaux in 1851. ...
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The Annobón paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone smithii ) is a medium-sized species of passerine bird in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to Annobón Island in Equatorial Guinea. Less

The Annobón scops owl (Otus feae ) is an owl endemic to the Equatorial Guinea island of Annobón. The current population is estimated to be around 50-249 individuals, with the population declining due to habitat alteration and destruction. When describing the species in 1903, Tommaso Salvadori noted that the birds were abundant in wooded areas at altitudes of 400–500 metres on the island. Few sightings of the bird have been reported since the ...
n.Little data is known about the Annobón scops owl. It is considered to have similar characteristics to the African scops owl, apart from a smaller wing length (about 120–135 mm). Less

The Fernando Po speirops (Zosterops brunneus ), also known as the Bioko speirops, is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. The species is wholly restricted to the higher elevations of Pico Basilé. It is threatened by habitat loss and is considered vulnerable under ...
the IUCN Red List of threatened species.The bird is all brown in colour, with a darker brown upper part and paler lower part. The population size is estimated to fall between 10,000 and 19,999 individuals. The habitat of the bird is on the higher slopes (usually above 1900m in elevation), where it inhabits lichen forest and montane heathland. It usually associates in small groups of from four to five and eats insects from trees and also takes fruit and seeds as a food source. Less

The Musole forest tree frog, Leptopelis brevipes, is a species of frog in the family Arthroleptidae endemic to Equatorial Guinea.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. Less

The Bioko leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus biokoensis ) is a species of forest geckos from Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea). Less

Pennant's colobus or Pennant's red colobus (Piliocolobus pennantii ) is a species of tree-dwelling primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to tropical Central Africa. Three subspecies have traditionally been recognised but its distribution is peculiarly disjunct and has been considered a biogeographical puzzle, with one population on the island of Bioko (Equatorial Guinea), a second in the Niger River Delta in southern Nigeria, and ...
a third in east-central Republic of Congo. It is found in rainforests and marshy forests. It is threatened by habitat loss and hunting for bushmeat. One subspecies, bouvieri, is rated as critically endangered; although it was last photographically documented in 2015, it may be on the brink of extinction. Less

The Bioko drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus poensis ) is a subspecies of the drill, an Old World monkey. It is endemic to Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, located off the west coast of Africa. The drill is one of the largest monkey species, and is considered endangered. The Bioko drill was separated from their mainland counterpart, due to rising sea levels after the end of the last ice age, around 10,000 years ago.  The capital of Equatorial Guinea, ...
Malabo, is on Bioko Island. The Malabo market is the primary point of sale for bushmeat on Bioko Island. The drill plays an important role in the cultural tradition of bushmeat consumption, and is locally considered to be tasty, and in some regions, a delicacy. The commercialisation of hunting on Bioko Island has made this practice unsustainable. Hunting of the Bioko drill is banned in most areas of Bioko Island, as they predominantly inhabit protected areas on the island, however the ban is considered ineffective and hunting remains the largest threat to the drill's population. Less

Eisentraut's mouse shrew (Myosorex eisentrauti ) is a Myosoricinae shrew found only on the island of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss and a restricted range. Less

The Bioko forest shrew or Isabella's shrew (Sylvisorex isabellae ) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae found in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss. Less

Father Basilio's striped mouse or Bioko hybomys (Hybomys basilii ) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found only in Equatorial Guinea.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.It is threatened by habitat loss. Less

Mitromorpha hernandezi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae. Less