Indonesia,Philippines,Solomon Islands,Australia,Papua New Guinea,
Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Breeding Range
papuensis
Morotai to Obi (n Moluccas), Raja Ampat Is. (nw of New Guinea), Geelvink Bay is. (nw New Guinea), mainland New Guinea, Lesser Sundas and Kai Is. (se Moluccas)
elegans
New Georgia group, Russell (=Pavuvu) and Guadalcanal (c, se Solomon Is.)
perpallida
Buka, Bougainville, Shortland, Choiseul, Isabel and Florida Is. (n, c Solomon Is.)
sclaterii
New Hanover (=Lavongai), New Ireland, New Britain, and many satellites (e Bismarck Arch.)
robusta
nc NSW to VIC (se Australia)
artamoides
ec QLC to sc QLD (ec Australia)
apsleyi
Melville I. (Tiwi Is., n of NT) and adjacent coastal NT (nc Australia)
hypoleuca
Aru Is. (sw of New Guinea) and ne WA to nw QLD (nw, nc Australia)
timorlaoensis
Tanimbar Is. (s Moluccas)
oriomo
sc New Guinea, Torres Strait is. and Cape York Pen., ne QLD (ne Australia)
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)
