Common Eland
Taurotragus oryx
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderArtiodactyla (Artiodàctils)
- FamilyBovidae (Bòvids)
- GenusTaurotragus
- SpeciesTaurotragus oryx (Common Eland)
Closest Relatives at Amboseli National Park
Blue Wildebeest
Connochaetes taurinus
Thomson's Gazelle
Eudorcas thomsonii
Grant's Gazelle
Nanger granti
Bohor Reedbuck
Redunca redunca
African Buffalo
Syncerus caffer
Waterbuck
Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Impala
Aepyceros melampus
Gerenuk
Litocranius walleri
Lesser Kudu
Tragelaphus imberbis
Bush Duiker
Sylvicapra grimmia
East African Oryx
Oryx beisa
Hartebeest
Alcelaphus buselaphus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Common Eland in Amboseli National Park?
About 13% of visitor-days record a Common Eland sighting in Amboseli National Park, based on 6 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Common Eland in Amboseli National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Common Eland in Amboseli National Park in our monthly data.