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temperate zone prairie wetlands and coastal saltmarshes of wc, e, se Canada and USA; inland c Alberta to sw Manitoba, s to ne California and n Nebraska; coastal Newfoundland to Florida and Gulf of Mexico s to Tamaulipas; Bahamas, most Greater Antilles, sc
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
sw NA, LA : temperate to tropical Western Hemisphere coasts: n California to n Chile and Galápagos (e Pacific); New Jersey through Caribbean to ne Brazil (w Atlantic coast)
Bahamas,Belize,Bermuda,Brazil,British Virgin Islands,Canada,Cayman Islands,Chile,Colombia,Costa Rica, Cuba,Dominican Republic,Ecuador - Galapagos Islands,Ecuador - mainland,El Salvador,Finland,French Guiana,Guatemala,Guyana,Haiti, Honduras,Jamaica,Mexico,Montserrat,Netherlands Antilles,Nicaragua,Panama,Peru,Portugal,Puerto Rico, Suriname,Trinidad and Tobago,Turks and Caicos Islands,United States - mainland,Venezuela,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Breeding Range
inornata
inland c Alberta to sw Manitoba, s to ne California and n Nebraska
semipalmata
coastal Newfoundland to Florida and Gulf of Mexico s to Tamaulipas; Bahamas, most Greater Antilles, scattered islands elsewhere in Caribbean including Los Roques (n of Venezuela)
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)
EU
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)
