We encountered several flocks of these birds on the Waterville Plateau - Douglas County WA
EDITOR: A European species that according to the Naturserve maps has quite an established population in the US now. Click 'map' next to countries below to see the world 'by country' map.
Albania,Andorra,Armenia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Belarus,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Bulgaria,Canada(I),China, Croatia,Cyprus,Czech Republic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Georgia,Germany,Greece, Hungary,Iran,Ireland,Italy,Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Latvia,Liechtenstein,Lithuania,Luxembourg, Macedonia,Moldova,Mongolia,Montenegro,Netherlands,New Zealand,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Romania, Russia,Serbia,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,Turkey,Ukraine,United Kingdom, United States - mainland(I),
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)