Algeria,Angola,Argentina,Benin,Bolivia,Botswana,Brazil,Burkina Faso,Burundi,Cameroon, Central African Republic,Chad,Congo,Democratic Republic of Congo,Ecuador - mainland,Egypt,Equatorial Guinea,Ethiopia,Gambia,Ghana, Guinea,Guinea-Bissau,Ivory Coast,Kenya,Lesotho,Liberia,Madagascar,Malawi,Mali,Mauritania, Mozambique,Namibia,Niger,Nigeria,Paraguay,Peru,Rwanda,Senegal,Sierra Leone,Somalia, South Africa,South Sudan,Spain,Sudan,Swaziland,Tanzania,Togo,Tunisia,Uganda,Uruguay, Western Sahara,Zambia,Zimbabwe,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Breeding Range
cirrocephalus
coastal Ecuador and Peru; Rio de la Plata drainage of s Uruguay and ne Argentina and inland along Paraguay and Paraná basins to Santa Fe Province (nc Argentina)
poiocephalus
coastal and inland Africa s of the Sahara (except c, ne Africa) and Madagascar
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)
