s temperate and subantarctic islands from s Chile and Falklands to s Australia and Tasmania, Macquarie (far se of Australia) and outlying islands of New Zealand
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
n to North Atlantic to Greenland and nw Europe, and n Pacific to Gulf of Alaska and w USA
Algeria,American Samoa,Angola,Antarctica,Argentina,Australia,Benin,Bermuda,Brazil,Cameroon, Canada,Chile,China,Colombia,Congo,Cook Islands,Costa Rica,Denmark,Ecuador - mainland,Egypt, El Salvador,Equatorial Guinea,Estonia,Finland,France,French Polynesia,Gabon,Ghana,Gibraltar,Guatemala, Honduras,Ireland,Israel,Ivory Coast,Japan,Jordan,Kiribati,Latvia,Lebanon,Liberia, Marshall Islands,Mauritania,Mexico,Mozambique,Namibia,Netherlands,New Caledonia,New Zealand,Nicaragua,Nigeria, Norway,Panama,Papua New Guinea,Peru,Poland,Portugal,Russia,Sao Tome and Principe,Senegal,Slovenia, Solomon Islands,South Africa,Spain,Sri Lanka,Sweden,Switzerland,Taiwan,Togo,Tonga,Tunisia, United Kingdom,United States - Alaska,United States - Hawaii,United States - mainland,Uruguay,Virgin Islands,
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)