Cookson's wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus cooksoni)[1] is a subspecies of the blue wildebeest that is native to the Luangwa Valley of the Luangwa River, Zambia.

[2][3] Occasionally, confusions (herds or groups) of the subspecies will travel into central Malawi.

[3] It has a bigger body and horns compared to other subspecies of the blue wildebeest.

Black, small beard and gray horns.

Brown upper head, with different shades of the color.