Want to know where and when to find Steenbok right now? opspoor tracks live, verified sightings across South Africa's parks.
About the Steenbok
The steenbok is a small, delicate antelope of southern and eastern Africa. It has a reddish-fawn to orange-brown coat, white underparts, large ears and a distinctive white eye-ring. Males have short, straight horns. Steenbok are usually solitary or found in pairs and are primarily browsers, feeding on leaves, shoots, flowers, fruits and other vegetation. They are well adapted to dry woodland, scrub and grassland and can obtain much of their water from their food.
How to identify the Steenbok
Small, slim antelope with long slender legs, reddish-brown to rufous upperparts and a white belly. Very large ears with dark markings. Males have short, upright horns with slightly curved tips.
Did you know?
Steenbok can obtain much of their water from their food and may survive without regularly drinking surface water.
Also known as: Steenbuck, Steenbok
Parks where you can see the Steenbok
Recent Steenbok sightings
No public sightings here yet — check back soon.
Planning a South Africa safari? opspoor tracks real, verified wildlife sightings like these across the country's parks — logged by people on the ground, not guesswork. It all works with zero signal, too, so a dead zone deep in the bush never costs you a sighting.