Impala
Aepyceros melampus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderArtiodactyla (Artiodàctils)
- FamilyBovidae (Bòvids)
- GenusAepyceros (Deer-like Antelopes)
- SpeciesAepyceros melampus (Impala)
Closest Relatives at Tsavo West National Park
African Buffalo
Syncerus caffer
East African Oryx
Oryx beisa
Hartebeest
Alcelaphus buselaphus
Lesser Kudu
Tragelaphus imberbis
Common Eland
Taurotragus oryx
Waterbuck
Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Grant's Gazelle
Nanger granti
Klipspringer
Oreotragus oreotragus
Blue Wildebeest
Connochaetes taurinus
Gerenuk
Litocranius walleri
Northern Bushbuck
Tragelaphus scriptus
Steenbok
Raphicerus campestris
📅 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 Tsavo West National Park?
About 46% of visitor-days record a Impala sighting in Tsavo West National Park, based on 57 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Impala in Tsavo West National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Impala in Tsavo West National Park in our monthly data.