Lelwel Hartebeest

The lelwel hartebeest, also known as the Jackson's hartebeest, the name it was called by our guide William in Uganda, is the third of eight subspecies of hartebeest we've seen. We've previously seen Coke's hartebeest in Nairobi NP in Kenya and Serengeti NP and Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania (July 23, 2014) and the red hartebeest in Etosha NP in Namibia (July 31, 2018).  It is an antelope native to the Central African Republic, Chad, the DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. There has been a drastic population decrease since the 1980s and now most are confined to protected areas. 

These are photos of the lelwel hartebeest in Murchison Falls NP:

These are photos from Kidepo Vallley NP:

I think of them as the sentinel of the plains. It seems like they are always standing on a little hill or knob and surveying the surroundings. 

This is a range map of the hartebeest subspecies from Wikipedia. I've seen caama (the red hartebeest - tan in Namibia); cokii (Coke's hartebeest  - dark green in Kenya and Tanzania); and lelwel (Lelwel hartebeest - pea green in Uganda).