Indonesia,American Samoa,Solomon Islands,Australia,Papua New Guinea,Palau,Fiji,New Zealand,New Caledonia,
Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Breeding Range
melanopterus
n, se Sulawesi, Moluccas, Lesser Sundas and New Guinea region
pelewensis
Palau (w Caroline Is., w Micronesia)
melanotus
n, e Australia, Tasmania, Lord Howe and Norfolk is. (far e of Australia) and North, South, Stewart, Kermadec (ne of North I.) and Chatham is. (e of South I.; New Zealand)
bellus
far sw WA (sw Australia)
samoensis
Admiralty Is. to New Caledonia, Solomon Is., Fiji and Samoa
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)
