Kobus kob
Silhouette: Augustin Brouillet · PhyloPic
In 3 days >90%
The kob (Kobus kob) is an antelope found across Central Africa and parts of West Africa and East Africa. Together with the closely related reedbucks, waterbucks, lechwe, Nile lechwe, and puku, it forms the Reduncinae tribe. Found along the northern savanna, it is often seen in Murchison Falls and Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda; Garamba and Virunga National Park, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as grassy floodplains of South Sudan.
Kob are found in wet areas (such as floodplains), where they eat grasses. Kob are diurnal, but inactive during the heat of the day. They live in groups of either females and calves or just males. These groups generally range from five to forty animals.
Among the kobs of eastern Africa, the Ugandan kob (Kobus kob thomasi) appears on the coat of arms of Uganda, and white-eared kob (Kobus kob leucotis), found in South Sudan, southwest Ethiopia, and extreme northeast Uganda, participate in large-scale migrations.
The kob resembles the impala but is more heavily built. Males are more robust than females and have horns. Males have shoulder heights of 90–100 cm (35–39 in) and an average weight of 94 kg (207 lb). Females...
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mole National Park | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 2 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Pendjari National Park | 🇧🇯 Benin | |
| 5 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 6 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 7 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego Zoo Safari Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Planète Sauvage | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Zacango Zoo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | Chapultepec Zoo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Terra Natura Murcia | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Reserva Zoológica Oasys MiniHollywood | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 7 | Parc animalier de Sarakawa | 🇹🇬 Togo |
Very likely
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Kob sighting in Pendjari National Park on a given day, based on 178 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 18 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, May–July and October–December
In those months about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Kob in Pendjari National Park on a given day, against about 20% in September, the lowest month.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Kob sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Kob sightings, Pendjari National Park ranks 4th at about 70%. The best odds are in Mole National Park (Ghana, about 80%), Murchison Falls National Park (Uganda, about 80%) and Queen Elizabeth National Park (Uganda, about 70%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Kob is recorded against all the mammals logged in Pendjari National Park (178 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
