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• GullsOther Name Shona Name: Ndebele Name: Type: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Size: Medium to large Weight: Protection Status: General Background: There are 55 species worldwide and 3 species are found in Zi...Environment & Biology14 October 2016
• GuineafowlShona Name: Ndebele Name: Type: Aves Order: Galliformes Diet: Omnivore Size: Large 40cm – 71cm Weight: 0.7kg – 1.6kg Lifespan: 10 – 20 years Protection Status: Least Concern General Background: The bi...Environment & Biology14 October 2016
• GrebesOther Names Shona Name: Ndebele Name: Type: Aves Order: Podicipediformes Diet: Size: Small to medium birds Weight: Protection Status: Least Concern General Background: Grebes are freshwater diving bir...Environment & Biology14 October 2016
• FlycatchersOther Names Shona Name: Ndebele Name: Type: Aves Order: Passeriformes Diet: Insects Size: Weight: Protection: General Background: There are 274 species worldwide and 33 species which are found in Zimb...Environment & Biology14 October 2016
• FlamingosOther Names Shona Name: Ndebele Name: Type: Aves Order: Phoenicopteriforme Diet: Fish Size: 1 to 1.5m tall Weight: Protection Status: General Background: There are 6 species worldwide and 2 species wh...Environment & Biology14 October 2016
• Ducks,Geese & SwansNdebele Name: Shona Name: Type: Aves Order: Anseriformes Diet: Size: Weight: Protection Status: General Background: The anatidae family includes ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and s...Environment & Biology14 October 2016
• DrongosOther Names Ndebele Name: Shona Name: Type: Aves Order: Passeriformes Diet: Insects which they flycatch or take from the ground Size: Weight: Protection Status: General Background: The drongos are a f...Environment & Biology14 October 2016
• DikkopsOther Names Shona Name: Ndebele Name: Type: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Diet: Size: Weight: Protection Status: General Background: Dikkops are plover-like birds with large heads and eyes, long legs, f...Environment & Biology14 October 2016
• DartersOther Names: Snakebirds Ndebele Name: Shona Name: Type: Aves Order: Suliformes Diet: Fish Size: Large and slim, with a very long thin neck Weight: Protection Status: General Background: Darters are la...Environment & Biology14 October 2016
• Cuckoo-ShrikesOther Names Shona Name: Ndebele Name: Type: Aves Order: Passeriformes Diet: Size: Small to medium-sized Weight: Protection Status: Least Concern General Background There are 82 species in the world an...Environment & Biology14 October 2016
• Cuckoos & AnisShona Name: Ndebele Name: Type: Aves Order: Cuculiformes Diet: Size: They vary in size Weight: Protection Status: Least Concern General Background: Cuckoos and anis belong to the Cuculidae family whic...Environment & Biology14 October 2016
• CrowsOther Names Shona Name: Gunguwo Ndebele Name: Type: Aves Order: Passeriformes Diet: Size: The size of the three crow species found in Zimbabwe range from 45-55 cm Weight: Protection Status: Least Conc...Environment & Biology14 October 2016
• Coursers and PratincolesOther Names: Type: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Diet: Weight: Protection Status: General Background: The pratincoles or greywaders are a group of birds which together with the coursers and Egyptian plo...Environment & Biology14 October 2016
• CormorantsOther Names: Shona Name: Ndebele Name: Type: Aves Order: Pelecaniformes Diet: Fish, small amphibians, crustaceans Size: Cormorants and shags are medium-to-large birds with a length ranging from 63-101...Environment & Biology14 October 2016
• ButtonquailsType: Aves Order: Gruiformes Diet: Size: Small Weight: Protection Status: Least Concern General Backgound: Buttonquails are small birds. There are 16 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Zim...Environment & Biology14 October 2016
• Bustards & KorhaansType: Aves Order: Otidiformes Diet: Size: Weight: Protection Status: Least Concern General Background: These birds are large terrestrial birds mainly associated with the dry open country. They are omn...Environment & Biology14 October 2016
• BulbulsType: Aves Diet: Size: Medium sized Weight: Protection Status: Least Concern General Background: Bulbuls are medium-sized songbirds. Some are colourful with yellow, red or orange vents, cheeks, throat...Environment & Biology14 October 2016
• Bee EatersOther Names: Shona Name: Ndebele Name: Type: Aves Order: Coraciiformes Diet: Size: Weight: Protection Status: Least Concern General Background: The bee-eaters are a group of near passerine birds in th...Environment & Biology14 October 2016
• BabblersOther Names: Babblers or Timaliidae Shona Name: Ndebele Name: Type: Aves Order: Passeriformes Diet: Size: Vary in size between 22 to 30 cm in length Weight: Usually weigh between 55 and 95 grams Prote...Environment & Biology14 October 2016
• Noel BrettelNoel Brettel was born in 1908 in England, United Kingdom. He received the PEN award twice and is greatly regarded to have been one of the leading poets of the Rhodesian colonial period, after Arthur S...1890 - 197914 October 2016
• John Lionel BlakistonJohn Blakiston was born in Sussex, England on 24 June 1867. He was educated at Tonridge and Kings College in the United Kingdom. He traveled to South America in 1890 and in 1893 to South Africa. While...1890 - 197914 October 2016
• Geoffrey BondGeoffrey Bond served with the Royal Air Force during World War Two and after the war in 1946 he returned to Rhodesia to take up appointment as the Keeper of Geology at the National History Museum in B...Science & Academia14 October 2016
• Thomas BlomefieldThomas moved to Zimbabwe in 1946 to become a tobacco farmer and chrome miner. He founded Tengenge Art Community in 1966 after the economic sanctions on Zimbabwe. He founded the art centre in order to....Science & Academia14 October 2016
• Colin Kenneth BlandCricketer Colin Bland debuted onto the international stage at the age of 18 years in 1956. He is regarded as the greatest fielder of his time and by others the greatest fielder in the history of the g...Sports People14 October 2016