Afghanistan,Albania,Andorra,Armenia,Australia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Bahrain,Bangladesh,Belarus, Belgium,Bhutan,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Bulgaria,Cambodia,China,Croatia,Cyprus,Czech Republic,Denmark, Estonia,Finland,France,Georgia,Germany,Gibraltar,Greece,Hong Kong,Hungary,India - Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India - mainland,Indonesia,Iran,Iraq,Israel,Italy,Japan,Jordan,Kazakhstan,Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan,Laos,Latvia,Lebanon,Liechtenstein,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Macao,Macedonia,Malaysia, Malta,Moldova,Monaco,Mongolia,Montenegro,Myanmar,Nepal,Netherlands,North Korea,Norway, Oman,Pakistan,Palestine,Papua New Guinea,Poland,Portugal,Qatar,Reunion,Romania,Russia, San Marino,Saudi Arabia,Serbia,Singapore,Slovakia,Slovenia,South Korea,Spain,Sri Lanka,Sweden, Switzerland,Syria,Taiwan,Tajikistan,Thailand,Turkey,Turkmenistan,Ukraine,United Arab Emirates,Uzbekistan, Vietnam,Yemen,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Breeding Range
migrans
s and c Europe to n Africa and sc Asia
lineatus
Siberia to Japan, Indochina and India
govinda
e Pakistan and India to sw Asia and w Yunnan (s China)
formosanus
Taiwan and Hainan (off se China)
affinis
Sulawesi and Nusa Tenggara to Moluccas, New Guinea, and Australia
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)