Links to African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) pictures

Here are the pictures of African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) with links to the pages on which they appear, links to the full sized picture, and the description of the picture with links to the entry in iNaturalist (inaturalist.org)

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Subspecies Sudanese Buffalo (Syncerus caffer brachyceros)
Benin Nature
Syncerus caffer
Herd of Sudanese Buffaloes (Syncerus caffer brachyceros, german: Kaffernbüffel, french: Buffle d'Afrique) staring at us. They always stare at visitors. They can look pretty threatening that way, especially for the fact that they are known to have a bad temper. (927k)
Togo Nature
Syncerus caffer
Sudanese Buffalo (Syncerus caffer brachyceros, german: Kaffernbüffel, french: Buffle d'Afrique), as usual staring at us. (685k)

Subspecies Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer)
Botswana Nature
Syncerus caffer
Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer, german: Kaffernbüffel, french: Buffle d'Afrique). (1152k)
Kenya Lake Nakuru
Syncerus caffer
Cape Buffaloes (Syncerus caffer caffer, german: Kaffernbüffel, french: Buffle d'Afrique) and Grant's Zebras (Equus quagga boehmi, german: Steppenzebra, french: Zèbre de Grant). (943k)
Kenya Lake Nakuru
Syncerus caffer
Male Cape Buffaloes (Syncerus caffer caffer, german: Kaffernbüffel, french: Buffle d'Afrique). (752k)
Kenya Lake Nakuru
Syncerus caffer
Southern White Rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum simum, german: Breitmaulnashorn, french: Rhinocéros blanc) and Cape Buffaloes (Syncerus caffer caffer, german: Kaffernbüffel, french: Buffle d'Afrique) resting in the shade. (801k)
Kenya Maasai Mara
Syncerus caffer
Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer, german: Kaffernbüffel, french: Buffle d'Afrique). It is the third largest animal in Africa (after elephants and rhinoceroses). Due to its aggressive and unpredictable nature, it is quite dangerous. (714k)
Mozambique Nature
Syncerus caffer
Cape Buffaloes (Syncerus caffer caffer, german: Kaffernbüffel, french: Buffle d'Afrique). As usual they were staring at us. (922k)
Mozambique Nature
Syncerus caffer
Female Cape Buffalo with calf (Syncerus caffer caffer, german: Kaffernbüffel, french: Buffle d'Afrique). (920k)
South Africa Nature
Syncerus caffer
Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer, german: Kaffernbüffel, french: Buffle d'Afrique) wallowing in mud. (898k)
South Africa Nature
Syncerus caffer
This Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer, german: Kaffernbüffel, french: Buffle d'Afrique) was giving us the evil eye. They have been known to charge even Landrovers. (797k)
Tanzania Ngorongoro
Syncerus caffer
Mud wallows with Hyenas in the front and Cape Buffaloes (Syncerus caffer caffer, german: Kaffernbüffel, french: Buffle d'Afrique) in the back. (820k)
Tanzania Ngorongoro
Syncerus caffer
Cape Buffaloes (Syncerus caffer caffer, german: Kaffernbüffel, french: Buffle d'Afrique), as usual, all staring at us. (1000k)
Tanzania Ngorongoro
Syncerus caffer
Cape Buffaloes (Syncerus caffer caffer, german: Kaffernbüffel, french: Buffle d'Afrique). (850k)
Tanzania Ngorongoro
Syncerus caffer
Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer, german: Kaffernbüffel, french: Buffle d'Afrique), fresh out of a mud wallow, staring at us. (826k)
Tanzania Serengeti
Syncerus caffer
Herd of Cape Buffaloes (Syncerus caffer caffer, german: Kaffernbüffel, french: Buffle d'Afrique). They come sometimes in large herds, but more often there were just a few together. (679k)
Tanzania Serengeti
Syncerus caffer
Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer, german: Kaffernbüffel, french: Buffle d'Afrique) in a wallow with two Yellow-billed Oxpeckers (Buphagus africanus, german: Gelbschnabel-Madenhacker, french: Piquebœuf à bec jaune). (1065k)
Tanzania Serengeti
Syncerus caffer
Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer, german: Kaffernbüffel, french: Buffle d'Afrique) staring at us again. Buffaloes frequently stared at us, which was a bit disconcerting, since they are pretty aggressive animals. (1080k)
Tanzania Serengeti
Syncerus caffer
Close-up of an Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer, german: Kaffernbüffel, french: Buffle d'Afrique). (866k)
Uganda Birds
Syncerus caffer
Western Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis ibis, german: Kuhreiher, french: Héron garde-bœufs) on the back of a Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer, german: Kaffernbüffel, french: Buffle d'Afrique). (516k)
Uganda Nature
Syncerus caffer
Herd of Cape Buffaloes (Syncerus caffer caffer, german: Kaffernbüffel, french: Buffle d'Afrique). (963k)
Uganda Nature
Syncerus caffer
Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer, german: Kaffernbüffel, french: Buffle d'Afrique) with a Western Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis ibis, german: Kuhreiher, french: Héron garde-bœufs) on its back. (653k)
Uganda Nature
Syncerus caffer
Close-up of Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer, german: Kaffernbüffel, french: Buffle d'Afrique) with immature Piapiac (Ptilostomus afer, french: Piapiac africain). (632k)
Zambia Nature
Syncerus caffer
Herd of Cape Buffaloes (Syncerus caffer caffer, german: Kaffernbüffel, french: Buffle d'Afrique). (1365k)
Zambia Nature
Syncerus caffer
Cape Buffaloes (Syncerus caffer caffer, german: Kaffernbüffel, french: Buffle d'Afrique). (961k)
Zambia Nature
Syncerus caffer
Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer, german: Kaffernbüffel, french: Buffle d'Afrique) and Southern African Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus cowiei, german: Nilkrokodil, french: Crocodile du Nil). (1358k)

Subspecies African Forest Buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus)
Congo Birds
Syncerus caffer
Yellow-billed Oxpeckers (Buphagus africanus, german: Gelbschnabel-Madenhacker, french: Piquebœuf à bec jaune) on an African Forest Buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus, german: Rotbüffel, french: Buffle nain). (719k)
Congo Nature
Syncerus caffer
Herd of African Forest Buffaloes (Syncerus caffer nanus, german: Rotbüffel, french: Buffle nain). (717k)
Congo Nature
Syncerus caffer
Bachelor group of male African Forest Buffaloes (Syncerus caffer nanus, german: Rotbüffel, french: Buffle nain). (785k)
Congo Nature
Syncerus caffer
African Forest Buffalo with baby (Syncerus caffer nanus, german: Rotbüffel, french: Buffle nain). (936k)
Congo Nature
Syncerus caffer
African Forest Buffalo baby (Syncerus caffer nanus, german: Rotbüffel, french: Buffle nain). (913k)
Congo Nature
Syncerus caffer
Male African Forest Buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus, german: Rotbüffel, french: Buffle nain). (771k)
Congo Nature
Syncerus caffer
Close-up of African Forest Buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus, german: Rotbüffel, french: Buffle nain). (1111k)
Congo Nature
Syncerus caffer
Stampeding African Forest Buffaloes (Syncerus caffer nanus, german: Rotbüffel, french: Buffle nain). (131.5M)

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