Impala
Aepyceros melampus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderArtiodactyla (Artiodàctils)
- FamilyBovidae (Bòvids)
- GenusAepyceros (Deer-like Antelopes)
- SpeciesAepyceros melampus (Impala)
Closest Relatives at Hwange National Park
Greater Kudu
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Steenbok
Raphicerus campestris
Blue Wildebeest
Connochaetes taurinus
Sable Antelope
Hippotragus niger
Roan Antelope
Hippotragus equinus
African Buffalo
Syncerus caffer
Waterbuck
Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Common Eland
Taurotragus oryx
Southern Reedbuck
Redunca arundinum
Northern Bushbuck
Tragelaphus scriptus
Bush Duiker
Sylvicapra grimmia
Tsessebe
Damaliscus lunatus
📅 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 Impala in Hwange National Park?
About 46% of visitor-days record a Impala sighting in Hwange National Park, based on 37 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Impala in Hwange National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Impala in Hwange National Park in our monthly data.