A wader of desert areas it is primarily found across North Africa to the Mid-East with variable numbers turning up in Spain. It has been recorded a very few times in Ireland. This one was photographed in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands.
subtropical to tropical desert of w Paleotropics: e Canary and Cape Verde is. (c, s Macaronesia, w of w Africa), nw Africa, Middle East from se Turkey to Socotra, Iran and w Turkmenistan to far nw India
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)