Beatragus hunteri
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The hirola (Beatragus hunteri), also called Hunter's hartebeest or Hunter's antelope, is a critically endangered antelope species found as of now, only in Kenya along the border of Somalia. It was first described by the big game hunter and zoologist H.C.V. Hunter in 1888. It is the only living member of the genus Beatragus, though other species are known from the fossil record. The global hirola population is estimated at 300–500 animals and there are none in captivity. According to a document produced by the International Union for Conservation of Nature "the loss of the hirola would be the first extinction of a mammalian genus on mainland Africa in modern human history".
The hirola is a medium-sized antelope, tan to rufous-tawny in colour with slightly lighter under parts, predominantly white inner ears and a white tail which extends down to the hocks. It has very sharp, lyrate horns which lack a basal pedicle and are ridged along three quarters of their length. As hirola age their coat darkens towards a slate grey and the number of ridges along their horns increases. Hirola have large, dark sub-orbital glands used for marking their territories and give them the... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Hirola sighting in Tsavo East National Park on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 30th most-seen of the 32 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May to July
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Hirola in Tsavo East National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and September, the lowest months. Those are among Tsavo East National Park's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain a month against 130 mm in November.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hirola sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Tsavo East National Park, in our data
Tsavo East National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Hirola sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Bovidae
The closest relatives of the Hirola that you can see in Tsavo East National Park (family Bovidae, Bovids) are Grant's Gazelle (about 80%), Impala (about 80%) and Hartebeest (about 70%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hirola is recorded against all the mammals logged in Tsavo East National Park (20 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.
