A visent in some kind of enclosure standing on a meadow.

#013

European Bison

Bison bonasus

Moderate Near threatened Photographed

6 photos · first photographed 2025-07-01

Distribution

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Range: iNaturalist (CC BY 4.0) · Base map: Natural Earth (public domain)

Quick facts

Group: Mammals
Family: Bovidae
Size: 1.7–2.1 m (shoulder)
Weight: 420–920 kg
Diet: Herbivore
Lifespan: 18–24 yrs
Habitat: Lowland forests, Mountain forests, Meadows

About

The European bison or the European wood bison, also known as the wisent, the zubr, or sometimes colloquially as the European buffalo, is a European species of bison. It is one of two extant species of bison, alongside the American bison. The European bison is the heaviest wild land animal in Europe, and individuals in the past may have been even larger than their modern-day descendants.

Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), abridged.

My photos

A visent in some kind of enclosure standing on a meadow.

The photo was taken in the Avesta Visentpark which is one of the breeding centers of the Visent. Those efforts are saving the animal from extinction.2025-07-01 105mmf/11.01/200ISO 160 NIKON Z 8NIKKOR Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR Sdarktable 5.0.1European BisonCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA)Lukas Nagelavesta, bison, europeanBison, nature, naturePhotography, outdoors, photo, photography, visent, wildlife, wildlifePhotography

You can see two visents / european bisons standing in a meadow.

The photo was taken in the Avesta Visentpark which is one of the breeding centers of the Visent. Those efforts are saving the animal from extinction.2025-07-01 105mmf/11.01/160ISO 160 NIKON Z 8NIKKOR Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR Sdarktable 5.0.1European BisonCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA)Lukas Nagelanimal, animalPhotography, avesta, bison, europeanBison, nature, naturePhotography, outdoors, photo, photography, visent, wildlife, wildlifePhotography

A visent / european bison is standing and looking into the camera. Next to it there is another one lying on the ground. There is a small hut in the background and some forest. The animals are in some kind of enclosure.

The photo was taken in the Avesta Visentpark which is one of the breeding centers of the Visent. Those efforts are saving the animal from extinction.2025-07-01 105mmf/11.01/200ISO 125 NIKON Z 8NIKKOR Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR Sdarktable 5.0.1European BisonCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA)Lukas Nagelanimal, animalPhotography, avesta, bison, europeanBison, extinction, nature, naturePhotography, outdoors, photo, photography, visent, wildlife, wildlifePhotography

A visent standing on sandy ground in some kind of enclosure.

The photo was taken in the Avesta Visentpark which is one of the breeding centers of the Visent. Those efforts are saving the animal from extinction.2025-07-01 105mmf/6.31/320ISO 64 NIKON Z 8NIKKOR Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR Sdarktable 5.0.1European BisonCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA)Lukas Nagelanimal, animalPhotography, avesta, bison, europeanBison, nature, naturePhotography, outdoors, photo, photography, visent, wildlife, wildlifePhotography

A visent in some kind of enclosure moving its head.

The photo was taken in the Avesta Visentpark which is one of the breeding centers of the Visent. Those efforts are saving the animal from extinction.2025-07-01 105mmf/6.31/320ISO 64 NIKON Z 8NIKKOR Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR Sdarktable 5.0.1European BisonCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA)Lukas Nagelanimal, animalPhotography, avesta, bison, europeanBison, nature, naturePhotography, outdoors, photo, photography, visent, wildlife, wildlifePhotography

A visent / european bison laying in the sand in a some kind of enclosure.

The photo was taken in the Avesta Visentpark which is one of the breeding centers of the Visent. Those efforts are saving the animal from extinction.2025-07-01 105mmf/2.81/1600ISO 64 NIKON Z 8NIKKOR Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR Sdarktable 5.0.1European BisonCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA)Lukas Nagelanimal, animalPhotography, avesta, bison, closeup, europeanBison, extinction, fluffy, outdoors, photo, photography, visent, wildlife, wildlifePhotography