African Buffalo
Field guide
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African Buffalo

Syncerus caffer

Overview

Kruger National Park, Serengeti National Park and Maasai Mara National Reserve are among the 24 atlas places where the African Buffalo is recorded. Its records concentrate in Benin, Kenya and Uganda, though the atlas holds 842 records across ten countries in total.

Recorded seasons differ by region, and each place page shows the months recorded there.

Records
842
Countries
10
Atlas places
24
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the African Buffalo 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 · 582 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Kenya
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 128 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Uganda
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 84 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Niger
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 12 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Central African Republic
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 13 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Tanzania
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 10 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • South Africa
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 9 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Zimbabwe
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 3 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Congo - Kinshasa
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 1 record · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Rwanda
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Uncommon

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

Photographs
1 of African Buffalo