Somalia,Mozambique,Ethiopia,Equatorial Guinea,South Africa,Nigeria,Malawi,Mali,Swaziland,Botswana,Namibia,Niger,Cameroon,Rwanda,Zambia,Eritrea,Angola,Saudi Arabia,Gabon,Kenya,Mauritania,Russia,Tanzania,Chad,Lesotho,Uganda,Zimbabwe,Yemen,Gambia,Burundi,Sudan,Senegal,Democratic Republic of Congo,South Sudan,
Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Breeding Range
ambiguus
Iberian Pen. and nw Africa
minor
Sahel region from Sengal to wc Sudan (Darfur)
cinnamomeus
w Ethiopia and s Somalia s through South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia and Mozambique; patchy distribution in w Africa from s Cameroon to possibly Niger and Mali
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)
EU
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)