Sable Antelope

Sable Antelope

Hippotragus niger

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
20–30% · Possible
overall probability at Moremi Game Reserve

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
20–30
Feb
10–20
Mar
<5
Apr
20–30
May
20–30
Jun
30–40
Jul
20–30
Aug
20–30
Sep
20–30
Oct
20–30
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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

# Park Country Probability
1 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
40–50%
2 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
30–40%
3 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
30–40%
4 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
20–30%
5 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
10–20%
6 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
7 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
0–10%
8 Waterberg Plateau Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
Insufficient data
9 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
10 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
11 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Sable Antelope in Moremi Game Reserve?

About 22% of visitor-days record a Sable Antelope sighting in Moremi Game Reserve, based on 13 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Sable Antelope in Moremi Game Reserve?

July has the highest sighting rate for Sable Antelope in Moremi Game Reserve in our monthly data.

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