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Bangladesh,Bhutan,Cambodia,China,India - Andaman and Nicobar Islands,India - mainland,Indonesia,Japan,Laos,Malaysia, Myanmar,Nepal,Papua New Guinea,Philippines,Singapore,Thailand,Vietnam,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Breeding Range
cucullata
n India to s China and Indochina
rosenbergii
Biak (Geelvink Bay is., nw New Guinea)
mefoorana
Numfor (Geelvink Bay is., nw New Guinea)
goodfellowi
Aru Is. (sw of New Guinea)
forsteni
n Sulawesi
sanghirana
Sangihe Is. (ne of Sulawesi)
palawanensis
Palawan group (sw Philippines)
sordida
Philippines (except Palawan group)
bangkana
Bangka and Belitung (e of s Sumatra)
mulleri
Malay Pen., Sumatra, Java, Borneo and sw Sulu Is. (s Philippines)
abbotti
Nicobar Is.
novaeguineae
Raja Ampat Is. (nw of New Guinea), New Guinea, Karkar (off ne New Guinea) and Crown to Tolokiwa (between New Guinea and New Britain, se Bismarck Arch.)
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)
