Impala
Field guide
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Impala

Aepyceros melampus

Overview

Kruger National Park, Serengeti National Park and iSimangaliso Wetland Park are among the 32 atlas places where the Impala is recorded. Its records concentrate in Kenya, South Africa, Namibia, Tanzania and Botswana. The atlas contains about 700 records of Aepyceros melampus from 14 countries.

Because this species is recorded in both the northern and southern hemispheres, seasons differ by region. Each place page shows the months the Impala was recorded there.

Records
700
Countries
14
Atlas places
32
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Impala as much as where it lives. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • Kenya
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 507 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • South Africa
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 77 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Namibia
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 43 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Zimbabwe
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 12 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Uganda
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 8 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Tanzania
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 24 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Botswana
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 8 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Malawi
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 7 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Rwanda
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 7 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Angola
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 3 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
1 of Impala