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.
Turks and Caicos Islands,Peru,Netherlands Antilles,Ecuador - mainland,Jamaica,Belize,Bahamas,Romania,Chile,Haiti,Costa Rica,Panama,Puerto Rico,Hungary,Trinidad and Tobago,Guatemala,Honduras,Nicaragua,Mexico,El Salvador,Cuba,Spain,Bolivia,Switzerland,Norway,Canada,Dominican Republic,Bermuda,Russia,Colombia,Venezuela,United States - Alaska,British Virgin Islands,United States - mainland,
Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Breeding Range
vociferus
inland s Alaska, subarctic to temperate Canada from Yukon to Hudson Bay and Gulf of St. Lawrence; throughout contiguous USA, s Baja California and to c Mexico and (local) Nicaragua to sw Panama
{Northern migrant}. A medium sized plover often found inland not necessarily near water. There is also a resident population from south Colombia to Peru on the Pacific coast.
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)
