Angola,Botswana,Democratic Republic of Congo,Ethiopia,Kenya,Malawi,Mozambique,Namibia,Somalia,South Africa, South Sudan,Sudan,Swaziland,Tanzania,Uganda,Zambia,Zimbabwe,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Breeding Range
grantii
s Sudan and w Ethiopia to nc Tanzania
rovuma
e Kenya to n Mozambique
spilogaster
e Ethiopia, Somalia and ne Kenya
zambesiae
wc Mozambique to Namibia and s Angola
sephaena
e Zimbabwe to se Botswana, s Mozambique and ne South Africa
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)
