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Australia,Indonesia,New Caledonia,New Zealand,Papua New Guinea,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Breeding Range
forsteri
New Caledonia including Loyalty Is.
novaehollandiae
coastal and inland sw, n WA (sw Australia) and se SA to ne QLD and Tasmania (s, se to ne Australia)
scopulinus
coasts and islets off North, South, Stewart and satellites and at Lake Rotorua, North I., Chatham Is. (e of South I.) and Snares, Auckland and Campbell is. (s of South I.; New Zealand)
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)