Parque Natural Obô do Príncipe
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The Obô Natural Park of Príncipe ( pt, Parque Natural Obô do Príncipe) is a natural park of São Tomé and Príncipe, covering 85 km2 of the island of
Príncipe Príncipe is the smaller, northern major island of the country of São Tomé and Príncipe lying off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea. It has an area of (including offshore islets) and a population of 7,324 at the 2012 Census;
. It was established in 2006.Lei 07/2006
13 June 2006


Flora and fauna

On Príncipe island, fauna includes a frog known as '' Phrynobatrachus dispar'', birds such as
Dohrn's thrush-babbler Dohrn's warbler (''Sylvia dohrni''), also known as Principe flycatcher-babbler, Dohrn's flycatcher, Dohrn's thrush-babbler, is a species of passerine bird in the family Sylviidae that is endemic to the island of Príncipe which lies off the west ...
(''Horizorhinus dohrni''), the Príncipe kingfisher, Principe starling and the Príncipe thrush (''Turdus xanthorhynchus''), and the
grey parrot The grey parrot (''Psittacus erithacus''), also known as the Congo grey parrot, Congo African grey parrot or African grey parrot, is an Old World parrot in the family Psittacidae. The Timneh parrot ''(Psittacus timneh)'' once was identified as ...
(''Psittacus erithacus''), and a moth such as '' Agrotera albalis''.


References

{{authority control National parks of São Tomé and Príncipe Príncipe 2006 establishments in São Tomé and Príncipe