Hartebeest
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Hartebeest

Alcelaphus buselaphus

Overview

Etosha National Park, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and Addo Elephant National Park are among 25 atlas places where the Hartebeest is recorded. Its records concentrate in Benin, South Africa, Kenya, Namibia and Zambia. The atlas holds 675 open records of this mammal from ten countries.

Seasons for these records differ by region, and each place page shows the months recorded there.

Records
675
Countries
10
Atlas places
25
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Hartebeest 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.

  • Benin
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 311 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • South Africa
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 196 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Kenya
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 113 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Namibia
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 46 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Zambia
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 4 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Botswana
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 3 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Malawi
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 1 record · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Tanzania
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 1 record · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Eswatini
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Uncommon
  • Mozambique
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Rare

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

Photographs
1 of Hartebeest