What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Blue Duiker been recorded?

Philantomba monticola occurrence evidence comes from 130 records in 14 countries and territories, from 1892 to 2025. Most records come from Uganda.

Blue Duiker
Blue Duiker — Photo (display-sized rendition): derekkeats · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
MammaliaArtiodactylaBovidaePhilantomba

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

130 records across 14 countries and territories, 1892–2025.

Philantomba monticola · GBIF taxon key 7261461

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: October.

10 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak month: October. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18922025

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Blue Duiker has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Blue Duiker. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Uganda 69
South Africa 23
DR Congo 7
Central African Republic 7
Cameroon 7
Mozambique 4
United States 4
Equatorial Guinea 2
Sudan 2
Angola 1
Gabon 1
Kenya 1
Sierra Leone 1
Zimbabwe 1

Related animals

Others in the family Bovidae.

domestic sheep
domestic sheep
2,302 records
cow
cow
744 records
Pyrenean Chamoios
Pyrenean Chamoios
604 records
chamois
chamois
567 records
bushbuck
bushbuck
567 records
kob
kob
554 records
African buffalo
African buffalo
550 records
greater kudu
greater kudu
443 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.