Specimen of Steppe Whimbrel <i>Numenius phaeopus alboaxillaris</i> (Lowe, 1921) in the collection of the Museu de Historia Natural, Maputo

Abstract

Examination of 11 specimens of Whimbrels Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Maputo Museu de Historia Natural, Maputo, Mozambique on 19th May 2016 revealed a single specimen showing the characters of the distinctive taxon ?Steppe? Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus alboaxillaris (Lowe 1921). A description of the specimen is given and illustrative photographs presented. The exact collecting locality is not known, but suspected to be Maputo Bay. This is the fifth record for Mozambique and the tenth record in Africa.