Recorded around the Chobe River and Okavango in northern Botswana, this bushbuck has dark red, white-striped males. The Chobe account includes occasional daytime movement and feeding.
Males identified by Smithers (1971) as Botswana T. s. ornatus were dark red, with 7–8 transverse white stripes, a longitudinal row of flank spots, white spots on the shoulders and hindquarters, and a long white dorsal crest from the shoulders to the tail base. Females were reddish chestnut with fewer stripes and spots. Young were redder, with clearer stripes and few visible spots.
Smithers (1971) associates Botswana records with dense riverine undergrowth and waterside reed beds. Within the northern form’s stated range, occasional daytime movement and feeding were recorded by the Chobe River; at Makalamabedi on the Botletle River, pairs were seen near the same spot over long periods.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.