Ridgely, R. S., T. F. Allnutt, T. Brooks, D. K. McNicol, D. W. Mehlman, B. E. Young, and J. R. Zook. 2005. Digital Distribution Maps of the Birds of the Western Hemisphere, version 2.1. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia, USA. Additional updates and changes by BirdPhotos.com 2016.
low Arctic upland tundra of w Alaska: nc Seward Pen. and n Yukon Delta
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
c, s PO is.: Micronesia and Fiji (sw Polynesia) e through Northwestern Hawaiian Is. and Kaui (rarer on other main Hawaiian Is.) and all Polynesian islands; rarer to Japan and Melanesia
Migrates from Alaska to islands in the Pacific including Hawaii. Note short bristly feathers at top of legs. Similar to [Hudsonian Whimbrel], but perhaps a bit browner.
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)
