w Europe, sw Russia, c Asia, Mongolia to se Russia, Japan, e China, Taiwan and Vietnam; n, w Africa; Persian Gulf and Iraq to Indus Valley (Pakistan) and Gangetic Plain (nc India); Sri Lanka; Gulf of Thailand, Malay Pen., Singapore, and islands off Greate
Sweden,Nepal,Somalia,Guinea,Mozambique,Czech Republic,Ethiopia,Equatorial Guinea,South Africa,Indonesia,Portugal,Nigeria,Japan,Latvia,Turkey,Micronesia,Tunisia,Morocco,Mauritius,Maldives,Faroe Islands,Mali,Croatia,United Kingdom,Slovenia,Israel,India - mainland,Namibia,Malta,Algeria,Taiwan,Serbia,Laos,Azerbaijan,Bulgaria,Lebanon,Iraq,Thailand,Singapore,Belarus,Netherlands,Vietnam,Niger,Ukraine,Romania,Cameroon,Greece,Germany,Belgium,Burkina Faso,Monaco,Palestine,Uzbekistan,France,Kiribati,United Arab Emirates,Malaysia,Guam,Cambodia,Libya,North Korea,Syria,Benin,Mongolia,Hungary,Pakistan,Hong Kong,Sri Lanka,China,Sierra Leone,Gibraltar,Western Sahara,Estonia,Eritrea,Angola,Ivory Coast,Armenia,Saudi Arabia,Guinea-Bissau,Oman,Turkmenistan,Ireland,Qatar,Philippines,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Ghana,Djibouti,Marshall Islands,Slovakia,Tajikistan,South Korea,Solomon Islands,Poland,Togo,Moldova,Spain,Gabon,Kenya,Egypt,Australia,Macedonia,Switzerland,Lithuania,Norway,Cyprus,Luxembourg,Papua New Guinea,Iran,Northern Mariana Islands,Mauritania,Kyrgyzstan,Russia,Finland,Tanzania,Palau,Chad,Austria,Kazakhstan,Jordan,Italy,Bhutan,Yemen,Gambia,Liberia,Myanmar,Burundi,Bahrain,Kuwait,Georgia,New Caledonia,Sudan,Afghanistan,Denmark,Senegal,Albania,Democratic Republic of Congo,Comoros,Congo,India - Andaman and Nicobar Islands,South Sudan,Montenegro,
Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Breeding Range
albifrons
Europe (except n) and n Africa to c Asia (at least), Iraq and Persian Gulf
guineae
coast and Niger River basin, Mauritania to Gabon (w Africa) and n Kenya
sinensis
Indus River basin (Pakistan), Gangetic Plain (nc India); Sri Lanka; se Russia through Japan, Korean Pen., e China, Taiwan, Vietnam and Mindanao (s Philippines); Gulf of Thailand, Malay Pen., Singapore, and islands off Greater Sundas; off New Britain (se B
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)
