Subarctic to montane low temperate Palearctic forest and woods; British Is., n Scandinavia through Russia, nc Kazakhstan and nc Mongolia to Sea of Okhotsk, Sakhalin and Kuril Is. (e Russia), Hokkaido, n Honshu (n Japan), n Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
irruptive in temperate to subtropical Palearctic forest, groves, parks: to Canary Is. (Macaronesia, w of n Africa), n Africa, Israel, Iraq, n, e Arabian Pen., all Japan, Korean Pen., Taiwan and sc, se China
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)