Birds & Earth Mammals

  Sable Antelope  National animal of Zimbabwe .  Swartwitpens the  Afrikaans name describes it vividly - Black White Belly being the male as females are browner . Adults have a  shoulder height  1.4m and a max mass of 250kg and both sexes have  horns . Shelter and water are important requirements as they are seldom found more than 3km from water. They prefer open woodland near vleis or grassveld with medium […]

A very common widespread intra- Africa migrant visiting South Africa from October to April . They like woodland , savanna, riverine bush, gardens , parks, exotic plantations and semi arid scrub .    Seen solitary or in pairs they are neither shy nor secretive like most other cuckoos. Males swoop in a wide arc over their territory with their heads and tails raised . Adjacent territorial males may chase each […]