TAWIRI Aerial Point Survey estimates 1,366,109 wildebeest
TAWIRI, with TANAPA and the Frankfurt Zoological Society and funding via KfW, flew an Aerial Point Survey in which each image was counted three times by trained volunteers. The estimate was 1,366,109 animals, with a margin of about ±231,741, giving a range of roughly 1,134,368 to 1,597,850.
Observed — measured or witnessed, with the observation cited.
Subjects
- Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) · species · Tanzania; Kenya · not located
- Serengeti National Park · national park · Tanzania
Evidence
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Aerial Point Survey of Wildebeest in the Serengeti Ecosystem, 2023
The migratory wildebeest population was estimated at 1,366,109 animals in 2023 by manual triple-count aerial point survey
Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI), with TANAPA, Frankfurt Zoological Society and KfW Development Bank · 2023 (report published April 2024) · Verified
TAWIRI, 'Aerial Point Survey of Wildebeest in the Serengeti Ecosystem 2023', published at https://www.tawiri.or.tz/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Wildebeest-Census-2023-FinaL.pdf — estimate 1,366,109, margin ±231,741 (range 1,134,368–1,597,850)
Recorded on Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)
- Serengeti National Park established on land used by Maasai pastoralists
- Serengeti closed to residence; Ngorongoro Conservation Area created and Maasai evicted from the plains
- Rinderpest disappears from the Serengeti–Mara ecosystem
- The wildebeest population irrupts from roughly 250,000 to over a million
- The Mara–Loita migration collapses by about 81%
- Edge degradation squeezes wildlife into the ecosystem core
- Serengeti National Park inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List
- Drought kills roughly a quarter of the wildebeest population
- AI satellite survey returns fewer than 600,000, and is contested
- TAWIRI Aerial Point Survey estimates 1,366,109 wildebeest
Related
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- AI satellite survey returns fewer than 600,000, and is contested · 2022–2023 imagery; published 2025
- Drought kills roughly a quarter of the wildebeest population · 1993–1994
- Serengeti National Park inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List · 1981
- The Mara–Loita migration collapses by about 81% · 1977–2016
- Edge degradation squeezes wildlife into the ecosystem core · c. 1977–2018 (40-year record)
- The wildebeest population irrupts from roughly 250,000 to over a million · 1963–1977
- Rinderpest disappears from the Serengeti–Mara ecosystem · c. 1960–1964
- Serengeti closed to residence; Ngorongoro Conservation Area created and Maasai evicted from the plains · 1959