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Australia,Indonesia,Micronesia,Palau,Papua New Guinea,Solomon Islands,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Breeding Range
edithae
s Sulawesi
nehrkorni
Waigeo (Raja Ampat Is., nw of New Guinea; known from one specimen)
numforanum
Numfor (Geelvink Bay is., nw New Guinea)
meyerii
Biak (Geelvink Bay is., nw New Guinea)
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)
rostratum
Rossel (e Louisiade Arch., e of se New Guinea)
melvillense
ne WA to Cape York Pen., ne QLD (n Australia)
rooki
Umboi (w of New Britain, sw Bismarck Arch.)
heinrothi
New Britain and Lolobau (n of e New Britain; se Bismarck Arch.)
matthiae
Mussau and Emirau (=Storm or Squally I., e of Mussau, St. Matthias Is., nc Bismarck Arch.)
pererratum
Tukangbesi Is. (se of se Sulawesi)
kalaotuae
Kalaotoa (se of s Sulawesi)
emancipatum
Tanahjampea (s of sw Sulawesi)
timoriense
Lembata, Alor and Timor (c, e Lesser Sundas)
pelingi
Banggai (e of Sulawesi)
grayi
Morotai to Bacan (n Moluccas)
obiense
Obi and Bisa (nc Moluccas)
amboinense
Buru, Ambon, Seram and Seram Laut (se of Seram; c Moluccas)
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)