East African Giraffe
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East African Giraffe

Giraffa tippelskirchi

50–60% · Likely
overall probability at Selous Game Reserve
20 Verified records at Selous Game Reserve
September Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The Masai giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi), also spelled Maasai giraffe, and sometimes called the Kilimanjaro giraffe, is a species of giraffe. It is native to East Africa. The Masai giraffe can be found in central and southern Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and the Luangwa Valley region of Zambia. It has distinctive jagged, irregular leaf-like blotches that extend from the hooves to its head. The Masai giraffe is currently the national animal of Tanzania. Wikipedia →

50–60% of wildlife watchers report a East African Giraffe sighting in Selous Game Reserve, based on 20 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Selous Game Reserve

Impala
LC

Impala

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Aepyceros melampus

50–60% · Likely
Common Hippopotamus
VU

Common Hippopotamus

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Hippopotamus amphibius

50–60% · Likely
Common Warthog
LC

Common Warthog

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Phacochoerus africanus

50–60% · Likely
African Buffalo
NT

African Buffalo

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Syncerus caffer

50–60% · Likely
Waterbuck
LC

Waterbuck

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Kobus ellipsiprymnus

50–60% · Likely
Blue Wildebeest
LC

Blue Wildebeest

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Connochaetes taurinus

50–60% · Likely
Bushpig
LC

Bushpig

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Potamochoerus larvatus

Insufficient data
Hartebeest
LC

Hartebeest

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Alcelaphus buselaphus

Insufficient data
Greater Kudu
LC

Greater Kudu

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Tragelaphus strepsiceros

Insufficient data
Suni

Suni

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Neotragus moschatus

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

50–60
Jan
60–70
Feb
30–40
Mar
30–40
Apr
40–50
May
60–70
Jun
60–70
Jul
20–30
Aug
70–80
Sep
50–60
Oct
40–50
Nov
70–80
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 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
70–80%
2 Mikumi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
70–80%
3 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
70–80%
4 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
70–80%
5 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
60–70%
6 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
60–70%
7 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
60–70%
8 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
60–70%
9 Selous Game Reserve 🇹🇿 Tanzania
50–60%
10 Amboseli National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
50–60%
11 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
40–50%
12 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
40–50%
13 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
40–50%
14 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
40–50%
15 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
40–50%
16 Aberdare National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
40–50%
17 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
20–30%
18 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a East African Giraffe in Selous Game Reserve?

About 58% of wildlife watchers report a East African Giraffe sighting in Selous Game Reserve, based on 20 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see East African Giraffe in Selous Game Reserve?

September has the highest sighting rate for East African Giraffe in Selous Game Reserve in our monthly data.

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