islands of n Galápagos and off coasts of c Peru and nc Chile
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
coastal c Baja California (including s Gulf of California; nw Mexico) to n Chile and tropical Pacific to se of Hawaiian Is. and ne of Marquesas Is. (e Polynesia)
Chile,Colombia,Costa Rica,Ecuador - Galapagos Islands,Ecuador - mainland,El Salvador,Guatemala,Honduras,Mexico,Panama, Peru,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Breeding Range
tethys
Roca Redonda (nw of Isabela), Genovesa and Pitt Point (ne San Cristobal; nw, nc and ne Galápagos)
kelsalli
is. San Lorenzo and Pescadores (n, w of Lima), Sanayan and Los Vieja (=Independencia; Paracas Pen. area, c Peru), Atacama Desert and I. Grande (Caldera, n Chile)
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)
PAL
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)