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Australia,Indonesia,Micronesia,Palau,Papua New Guinea,Solomon Islands,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Breeding Range
nehrkorni
Waigeo (Raja Ampat Is., nw of New Guinea; known from one specimen)
aruense
Aru Is. (sw of New Guinea) and sw, sc New Guinea
muellerii
Kofiau and Misool (Raja Ampat Is., nw of New Guinea), New Guinea (except s), D'Entrecasteaux Arch. (e of se New Guinea), Long (w of New Britain) and Sakar (north of Umboi, w of New Britain; sw Bismarck Arch.)
tagulanum
Misima and Tagula (w, c Louisiade Arch., e of se New Guinea)
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)
