Tawny-flanked Prinia
Prinia subflava (Genus: Prinia, Javanese i.e. the name for these birds; Species: subflava, Latin = almost yellow) Timba (Shona - generic for all small cisticolas) …
Dark Chanting Goshawk (& immature bird plumage)
Melierax metabates (Genus: Melierax, Greek = melodious hawk; species: metabates, Latin = changed i.e. presumably from the similar Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus [Latin = musical,…
Safari Vehicle First Aid Kit
As the Guide on a safari you will be responsible for the health and physical well-being of a group of people.…
African Paradise Flycatcher
Terpsiphone viridis (Genus: Terpsiphone, Greek = delightful voice; Species, viridis, Latin = green - presumably because of the greenish-tinged head) Kateredemu, zvigone (Shona), Tchitrec d'Afrique(French),…
Granite Landscape
Places like Matopos, south of Bulawayo, and the Chinamora area, north of Harare, are associated iconic, granite-based landscapes. These landscapes are…
Miombo Double-collared Sunbird
Cinnyris manoensis (Genus: Cinnyris, Greek cinnyris = shining; Species: manoensis = place name, Mano, in SW Tanzania; "miombo" is the name of a certain kind of savanna vegetation…
Kazungula Bridge
This article is taken from the site https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/kazungula-bridge Big ideas.Once a week. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Why Africa’s newest super-bridge…
Pin-tailed Whydah
(Interestingly, the name 'whydah' is derived from a small town named 'Ouidah' on the coast of the ancient kingdom of 'Whydah'…
Lizard Buzzard
Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus (Genus: Kaupifalco, after Johann Jakob von Kaup [1803-1873], German zoologist and author; Species: monogrammicus, Latin = mono, single; grammicus = mark i.e. with a single mark, signed,…
Choosing a Rucksack or Backpack
The bulk of the guiding done in Zimbabwe involves being based at a lodge or driving to a place with a…
