Impala
Aepyceros melampus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderArtiodactyla (Artiodàctils)
- FamilyBovidae (Bòvids)
- GenusAepyceros (Deer-like Antelopes)
- SpeciesAepyceros melampus (Impala)
Closest Relatives at Tarangire National Park
Waterbuck
Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Blue Wildebeest
Connochaetes taurinus
African Buffalo
Syncerus caffer
Common Eland
Taurotragus oryx
Bohor Reedbuck
Redunca redunca
Grant's Gazelle
Nanger granti
Northern Bushbuck
Tragelaphus scriptus
Hartebeest
Alcelaphus buselaphus
Lesser Kudu
Tragelaphus imberbis
East African Oryx
Oryx beisa
Greater Kudu
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Thomson's Gazelle
Eudorcas thomsonii
📅 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 Tarangire National Park?
About 75% of visitor-days record a Impala sighting in Tarangire National Park, based on 199 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Impala in Tarangire National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Impala in Tarangire National Park in our monthly data.