Kobus kob
Silhouette: Augustin Brouillet · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~70% in a week >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... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 4 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | 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 |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Kob sighting in Virunga National Park on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 4th most-seen of the 11 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December and January
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Kob in Virunga National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July, the lowest month. Those are among Virunga National Park's driest months, with about 45 mm of rain a month against 250 mm in May. April has too few records to rate.
Between 2 and 5 pm
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.
5th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Kob sightings, Virunga National Park ranks 5th at about 40%. The best odds are in Murchison Falls National Park (Uganda, about 80%), Queen Elizabeth National Park (Uganda, about 70%) and Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal, 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 Virunga National Park (19 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.
