The place
Highland climate, mist, and the nearby Obô Natural Park. The estate lies in the Biosphere Reserve buffer zone.
Species register
The estate's working list. It separates endemic species from species introduced by people: the presence of an introduced species is not a conservation outcome.
São Tomé green pigeon
Treron sanctithomae
Bird · Source: Registo interno da roça, 2025
EndemicObserved on the estateSão Tomé thrush
Turdus olivaceofuscus
Bird · Source: Registo interno da roça, 2025
EndemicObserved on the estateSão Tomé oriole
Oriolus crassirostris
Bird · Source: Inventário do EIA, em curso
EndemicPresence to be confirmed in the EIA inventoryDwarf olive ibis
Bostrychia bocagei
Bird · Source: Inventário do EIA, em curso
EndemicPresence to be confirmed in the EIA inventoryObô begonia
Begonia baccata
Plant · Source: Registo interno da roça, 2025
EndemicObserved on the estateSão Tomé cobra
Naja peroescobari
Reptile · Source: Registo interno da roça, 2025
EndemicObserved on the estateMona monkey
Cercopithecus mona
Mammal · Source: Registo interno da roça, 2025
A human-introduced species. Its presence is not a conservation outcome.
IntroducedObserved on the estateAfrican civet
Civettictis civetta
Mammal · Source: Registo interno da roça, 2025
A human-introduced species. Its presence is not a conservation outcome.
IntroducedObserved on the estateCocoa tree
Theobroma cacao
Plant · Source: Registo interno da roça, 2025
Introduced as a crop in the nineteenth century. Part of the agroforestry system, not the island's natural heritage.
IntroducedObserved on the estateErythrina shade tree
Erythrina spp.
Plant · Source: Registo interno da roça, 2025
Shade tree used in the agroforestry system.
NativeObserved on the estate