This website provides materials for the Zimbabwean National Parks’ Learner Hunters and Guides (LPH) examinations.
There are six introductory articles below, followed by the most recent posts. The menu above also gives access to the different categories.
Euplectes orix (Genus: euplectes, Greek = woven, referring to nests; orix, Greek 'oriza' = rice, presumably referring to habit of feeding in rice-fields)Chikenya (Shona), Euplecte ignicolore(French), Cardeal-tecelao-vermelho(Portuguese)…
Scientific name Trichonephilia (previous known as Nephilia) These large orb-weaver spiders are conspicuous towards the end of the rainy season but…
Lophaetus occipitalis (Genus: Lophaetus = Greek, a crested eagle; species: occipitalis = Latin, of the back of the head) Kondokondo, pfinye (Shona), Aiglehuppard, (French), Aquia-de-penacho (Portuguese) Call: http://www.xeno-canto.org/268792 I have…
Some years ago now there were reports that Chinese farmers were having to pollinate their almond trees by hand with tiny…
Our planet is teeming with life forms, each busily following its life’s plan. They all require a set of physical conditions…
Clamator levaillantii (Genus Clamator = Latin: noisy, referring to the loud chattering noises of the genus; species levaillantii = Latin: after Francois Le Vaillant (1753-1824), French…
More and more questions on the Learner Hunters and Guides examination papers are asking you to think about the subject of…
Merops apiaster (Genus: Merops, Greek = 'bee-eater'; species: apiaster, Latin = 'bee-eater') Bonganyuchi (Shona: bonga = to pick, nyuchi = bee); other Shona terms: Gamanyuchi, Fukarusheshe, Pfukepfuke Call: http://www.xeno-canto.org/280449 These pretty…
Anyone who has walked in Mopane country will remember the heat, the dry watercourses, the mopane bees around eyes and go-away…
Bubo africanus (Genus: Bubo = Latin: an eagle owl, probably onomatopoeic; species: africanus = Latin: from Africa) Zizi (Shona, generic for owls); Grand-duc africain (French); Bufo-malhado (Portuguese) Call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw8tlxj8CMg This…
