The Learner Hunters & Guides Qualification: What is involved?
Training to become a hunter or guide in Zimbabwe begins with examinations leading to the formal qualification of "Learner Hunter/Guide". This…
Introduction to the Catalogue
Relevant books and other study materials are available for sale that you might find helpful in your preparation for the Learner…
Study Methods & Materials
There is no text book to prepare you for these examinations. There are, however, many useful sources of the necessary information.…
Syllabus Information
Three of the papers have a list of topics you are expected to be familiar with. The General Paper, however, can…
Professional Hunters & Guides Qualification: What’s involved?
The process of getting a Professional Hunter or Professional Safari Guide qualification in Zimbabwe is extremely demanding and the qualification is…
Request A Topic
These articles are designed to give helpful background information to you people who are preparing for the Learner Hunters and Guides…
Drinking Water – Carrying, Finding & Purifying in the Bush
We all know that people can survive without food for up to three weeks but can only survive without water for…
Raptors or ‘Birds of prey’ – An Introduction
Raptors are among the biggest and most easily spotted birds in our countryside. They are also perhaps the most dramatic and exciting. The…
Cicadas – Master Sound-makers of the Insect World
“CICADA” – NAME(S) AND CLASSIFICATION The word “cicada” (pronounced “si-car-da”) is taken directly from the Latin representation of the sound made…
Polarisation in Elephant Conversations
Notes and slides from talk by Richard Maasdorp, part of Z.P.G.A. Talks, 25th March, 2022, at Armadale Lodge (With Richard's permission…
Chimanimani
In the article which follows we will look at Chimanimani in five different ways: As part of the Eastern Highlands of…
Bar-throated Apalis (and bird lungs)
Apalis thoracica (apalis = soft [Greek], thoracica = of the chest [Latin] Call (duet by male and female) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmFWxXq9Ygs This is the only Apalis in the…
Yellow-throated Petronia
(a.k.a. Yellow-throated Sparrow) Petronia superciliaris (Genus: petronia, Latin = to do with rocks, referring to the habitat of the Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia; species: superciliaris, Latin:…
Yellow-mantled Widowbird (& polygany vs. polyandry)
Euplectes macroura (Genus: Euplectes, Greek = woven, referring to the nests; Species: macroura, Latin = large-tailed)Euplecte a dos d'or (French); Viuva-de-manto-amarelo (Portuguese) Call/song: http://www.xeno-canto.org/309964 Zimbabwe seems…
Egyptian Goose (& ducks vs. geese)
Alopochen aegyptiaca (apolochen = Greek: "fox goose" probably because of the bird's colour; aegyptiaca = Latin: "Egyptian") Call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-lkSJPOrok The Egyptian Goose is not, in fact,…
Canoeing (Special Paper) – February, 2022
(For past canoeing papers from 2007 to 2020 see the post from June, 2020. "What is involved in the Canoeing Special…
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