Somalia,Guinea,Mozambique,Czech Republic,Ethiopia,Equatorial Guinea,South Africa,Portugal,Nigeria,Latvia,Turkey,Tunisia,Morocco,Malawi,Mali,Croatia,Swaziland,Slovenia,Israel,India - mainland,Botswana,Namibia,Algeria,Serbia,Azerbaijan,Bulgaria,Lebanon,Iraq,Netherlands,Niger,Ukraine,Romania,Cameroon,Greece,Burkina Faso,Palestine,Uzbekistan,France,United Arab Emirates,Libya,Rwanda,Syria,Benin,Hungary,Zambia,Pakistan,Sri Lanka,China,Sierra Leone,Western Sahara,Estonia,Eritrea,Angola,Ivory Coast,Armenia,Saudi Arabia,Guinea-Bissau,Oman,Turkmenistan,Qatar,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Ghana,Djibouti,Tajikistan,Poland,Togo,Moldova,Spain,Gabon,Kenya,Egypt,Macedonia,Switzerland,Norway,Cyprus,Iran,Mauritania,Kyrgyzstan,Russia,Finland,Tanzania,Chad,Austria,Kazakhstan,Cape Verde,Jordan,Uganda,Italy,Zimbabwe,Bhutan,Yemen,Gambia,Liberia,Burundi,Bahrain,Kuwait,Georgia,Sudan,Afghanistan,Denmark,Senegal,Albania,Central African Republic,Democratic Republic of Congo,Congo,South Sudan,Montenegro,
Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Breeding Range
pratincola
steppe near water, s Europe and n Africa through Turkey, Egypt and the Caucasus through c Asia (except n) to Xinjiang (nw China), s to Pakistan and far nw India
fuelleborni
open ground near water, Sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to c Ethiopia and s Somalia s to e South Africa
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)
