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IOU 3.1 Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Range
alba
nw Africa, w and s Europe to the Balkans
bondi
Bay Is. (off n Honduras)
lucayana
Bahama Is.
niveicauda
Isle of Pines (off Cuba)
furcata
Cuba, Cayman Is. and Jamaica
nigrescens
Dominica I.
insularis
s Lesser Antilles
bargei
Netherlands Antilles
subandeana
submontane Colombia, Ecuador
contempta
Andes from Venezuela to Peru
hellmayri
Guianas, n Brazil
tuidara
c Brazil south of the Amazon to Tierra del Fuego
guatemalae
w Guatemala to Panama
pratincola
s Canada and ne USA to e Nicaragua, Hispaniola
javanica
Malay Pen. to Sumatra, Java to w Lesser Sundas
guttata
c Europe and e Balkans to the Ukraine
ernesti
Corsica and Sardinia
erlangeri
Crete and Cyprus through the Middle East to s Iran
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
EU
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
