high Arctic tundra wetlands of Holarctic: nw, se Greenland, Svalbard (n of Norway), n Taymyr Pen. and Severnaya Zemlya (to n), Lena Delta and New Siberian Is. (nc Siberia), Alaskan North Slope (rare), Canadian Arctic islands from Banks to Ellesmere and s
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Worldwide : sandy coastal beaches from temperate to tropical zone: British Isles and Macaronesia (nw of n Africa) through Africa, Malagasy region, Middle East, s, se Asia through Indonesian Arch. to Australia, Melanesia, Philippines and s, c Japan (but ra
Afghanistan,Albania,Algeria,Angola,Anguilla,Antigua and Barbuda,Argentina,Armenia,Australia,Austria, Azerbaijan,Bahamas,Bahrain,Barbados,Belarus,Belgium,Belize,Benin,Bermuda,Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina,Botswana,Brazil,British Virgin Islands,Bulgaria,Burundi,Cameroon,Canada,Cape Verde,Cayman Islands, Central African Republic,Chad,Chile,China,Colombia,Comoros,Congo,Costa Rica,Croatia,Cuba, Cyprus,Czech Republic,Democratic Republic of Congo,Denmark,Djibouti,Dominica,Dominican Republic,Ecuador - Galapagos Islands,Ecuador - mainland,Egypt, El Salvador,Equatorial Guinea,Eritrea,Estonia,Ethiopia,Finland,France,French Guiana,French Polynesia,Gabon, Gambia,Georgia,Germany,Ghana,Gibraltar,Greece,Greenland,Grenada,Guam,Guatemala, Guinea,Guinea-Bissau,Guyana,Haiti,Honduras,Hong Kong,Hungary,Iceland,India - Andaman and Nicobar Islands,India - mainland, Indonesia,Iran,Iraq,Ireland,Israel,Italy,Ivory Coast,Jamaica,Japan,Kazakhstan, Kenya,Kiribati,Kuwait,Kyrgyzstan,Latvia,Lebanon,Liberia,Libya,Liechtenstein,Lithuania, Luxembourg,Macedonia,Madagascar,Malawi,Malaysia,Maldives,Mali,Malta,Marshall Islands,Mauritania, Mauritius,Mexico,Micronesia,Moldova,Monaco,Mongolia,Montenegro,Montserrat,Morocco,Mozambique, Myanmar,Namibia,Netherlands,Netherlands Antilles,New Caledonia,Nicaragua,Niger,Nigeria,Niue,North Korea, Northern Mariana Islands,Norway,Oman,Pakistan,Palau,Palestine,Panama,Papua New Guinea,Paraguay,Peru, Philippines,Pitcairn Islands,Poland,Portugal,Puerto Rico,Qatar,Reunion,Romania,Russia,Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis,Saint Lucia,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,Sao Tome and Principe,Saudi Arabia,Senegal,Serbia,Seychelles,Sierra Leone,Singapore, Slovenia,Solomon Islands,Somalia,South Africa,South Korea,South Sudan,Spain,Sri Lanka,Sudan,Suriname, Sweden,Switzerland,Syria,Taiwan,Tajikistan,Tanzania,Thailand,Togo,Tokelau,Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago,Tunisia,Turkey,Turkmenistan,Turks and Caicos Islands,Uganda,Ukraine,United Arab Emirates,United Kingdom,United States - Alaska, United States - Hawaii,United States - mainland,Uruguay,Venezuela,Vietnam,Virgin Islands,Western Sahara,Yemen,Zambia,Zimbabwe,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Breeding Range
alba
Ellesmere I. (ne Canada), n, e Greenland, Svalbard (n of Norway), Severnaya Zemlya (n of nc Russia) and n Taymyr Pen. (nc Russia)
rubida
Lena Delta and New Siberian Is. (nc Siberia), Alaskan North Slope (rare), Canadian Arctic islands from Banks s to Southhampton
{Northern migrant}. Small, fast moving species normally seen running along ocean shore. Breeding plumage is more likely seen in spring when heading north.
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)
