African Buffalo
Syncerus caffer
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderArtiodactyla (Artiodàctils)
- FamilyBovidae (Bòvids)
- GenusSyncerus (African Buffaloes)
- SpeciesSyncerus caffer (African Buffalo)
Closest Relatives at Lake Manyara National Park
Impala
Aepyceros melampus
Northern Bushbuck
Tragelaphus scriptus
Waterbuck
Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Klipspringer
Oreotragus oreotragus
Blue Wildebeest
Connochaetes taurinus
Grant's Gazelle
Nanger granti
Lesser Kudu
Tragelaphus imberbis
East African Giraffe
Giraffa tippelskirchi
Common Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus amphibius
Common Warthog
Phacochoerus africanus
📅 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 African Buffalo in Lake Manyara National Park?
About 43% of visitor-days record a African Buffalo sighting in Lake Manyara National Park, based on 24 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see African Buffalo in Lake Manyara National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for African Buffalo in Lake Manyara National Park in our monthly data.