Cookson's wildebeest

{{Short description|Subspecies of antelope}}

{{Subspeciesbox

| name = Cookson's wildebeest

| image = Cookson's wildebeest, South Luangwa National Park (51866152496).jpg

| image_caption = An individual at South Luangwa National Park in Zambia

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| genus = Connochaetes

| species = taurinus

| subspecies = cooksoni

| authority = Blaine, 1914

| range_map = Connochaetes taurinus map.svg

| range_map_caption = {{legend0|#A05A2C| C. t. cooksoni range (light brown)}}

}}

Cookson's wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus cooksoni){{Cite web |title=Cookson's Wildebeest (Subspecies Connochaetes taurinus cooksoni) |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/504448-Connochaetes-taurinus-cooksoni |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=iNaturalist |language=en}} is a subspecies of the blue wildebeest that is native to the Luangwa Valley of the Luangwa River, Zambia.{{Cite web |title=Wildebeest Hunting |url= https://www.shakariconnection.com/wildebeest-hunting.html |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Shakari Connection}}{{Cite web |title=Connochaetes taurinus cooksoni Blaine, 1914 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4262642 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=www.gbif.org |language=en}} Occasionally, confusions (herds or groups) of the subspecies will travel into central Malawi. It has a bigger body and horns compared to other subspecies of the blue wildebeest. It also is a lighter color than the main subspecies. Black lower head, dark black tail, with a light brown to light black body. Black, small beard and gray horns. Brown upper head, with different shades of the color. It is listed as "Least Concern" by the IUCN Red List, for there are no serious threats imposed on the subspecies besides poaching.{{Cite journal |last=IUCN |date=2016-01-07 |title=Connochaetes taurinus: IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T5229A163322525 |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5229/163322525 |language=en |doi=10.2305/iucn.uk.2016-2.rlts.t5229a163322525.en|doi-access=free |journal = IUCN Red List}}