Australia,Bangladesh,Bhutan,Cambodia,China,Hong Kong,India - Andaman and Nicobar Islands,India - mainland,Laos,Macao, Malaysia,Mauritius(I),Myanmar,Nepal,Reunion(I),Saudi Arabia(I),Seychelles(I),Singapore,Thailand,United Arab Emirates(I), United States - Hawaii,United States - mainland,Vietnam,Zimbabwe,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Breeding Range
fuscicaudatus
w, c India
abuensis
nw India
pyrrhotis
n India and Nepal
emeria
e India to sw Thailand
whistleri
Andaman Is.
monticola
e Himalayas to n Myanmar and s China
jocosus
se China
hainanensis
Hainan I. (off se China)
pattani
s Myanmar and n Malay Pen. through Thailand and s Indochina
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)