Afghanistan,Albania,Armenia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Bahrain,Belarus,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Bulgaria,Burundi, Cameroon,Chad,China,Croatia,Cyprus,Czech Republic,Djibouti,Eritrea,Ethiopia,Finland, Georgia,Greece,Hungary,India - mainland,Iran,Iraq,Israel,Jordan,Kazakhstan,Kenya, Kyrgyzstan,Lebanon,Macedonia,Malta,Moldova,Mongolia,Montenegro,Nepal,Oman,Pakistan, Palestine,Poland,Qatar,Romania,Russia,Saudi Arabia,Slovakia,Slovenia,South Sudan,Sudan, Syria,Tajikistan,Tanzania,Turkey,Turkmenistan,Ukraine,United Arab Emirates,Uzbekistan,Yemen,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Breeding Range
cherrug
c Europe e to w, n Kazakhstan and sw Siberia, s through Turkey and Iran
coatsi
plains of sw Kazakhstan and w Turkmenistan to e Uzbekistan and s Kazakhstan
hendersoni
Pamir Mts (e Tajikistan) e to the Tibetan Plateau
milvipes
mountains of c Tien Shan and Altai Mountains e through Mongolia and Inner Mongolia (ne China), s from Transbaikalia through Ladakh (nw India) to central China
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)
