African Buffalo
Syncerus caffer
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderArtiodactyla (Artiodàctils)
- FamilyBovidae (Bòvids)
- GenusSyncerus (African Buffaloes)
- SpeciesSyncerus caffer (African Buffalo)
Closest Relatives at Moremi Game Reserve
Lechwe
Kobus leche
Waterbuck
Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Impala
Aepyceros melampus
Tsessebe
Damaliscus lunatus
Blue Wildebeest
Connochaetes taurinus
Greater Kudu
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Southern Reedbuck
Redunca arundinum
Steenbok
Raphicerus campestris
Sable Antelope
Hippotragus niger
Northern Bushbuck
Tragelaphus scriptus
Roan Antelope
Hippotragus equinus
Sitatunga
Tragelaphus spekii
📅 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 Moremi Game Reserve?
About 46% of visitor-days record a African Buffalo sighting in Moremi Game Reserve, based on 81 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see African Buffalo in Moremi Game Reserve?
November has the highest sighting rate for African Buffalo in Moremi Game Reserve in our monthly data.