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low Arctic tundra to temperate montane meadows of nc, ne Palearctic: nw Siberia and ne Kazakhstan and n Mongolia to c Chukotskiy Pen. to Sea of Okhotsk (e Siberia)
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
OR : inland wetlands of subtropical to tropical Oriental region: s, se Arabian Pen., s, se Asia, Greater Sundas, se China, Taiwan, Korean Pen., Ryukyu Is. (s Japan)
Afghanistan,Australia,Bahrain,Bangladesh,Cambodia,China,Comoros,Ethiopia,Hong Kong,India - Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India - mainland,Indonesia,Iran,Japan,Kazakhstan,Kenya,Laos,Malaysia,Maldives,Mongolia, Myanmar,Nepal,Northern Mariana Islands,Oman,Pakistan,Philippines,Russia,Singapore,Somalia,South Korea, Sri Lanka,Taiwan,Thailand,United Arab Emirates,Vietnam,
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)