The name is apparently onomatopoeic - the females repeatedly whistling the sound when threatened.
We caught glimpses on several occasion, though they were very difficult to photograph - hiding in thicker vegetation - coupled up and protecting their little plots. They are hunted by more or less anything that is capable of hunting - including eagles and even baboons!
They have great eyesight - defend a known, well defined territory and with their tiny size and narrow snouts are able to pick at leaves on the very spiny branches of the acacia trees.
And the small "forests" that they inhabit - never managed to catch one in the open.
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