Albania (P), Armenia, Austria (NB) (P), Azerbaijan (NB) (P), Belarus (P), Bosnia and Herzegovina (P), Bulgaria (NB) (P), China (mainland) (NB) (P), Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) (NB) (P), Czech Republic (NB), Estonia (P), Finland (B) (P), Georgia (NB) (P), Greece (NB) (P), Hungary (NB) (P), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (NB) (P), Iraq (NB), Kazakhstan (NB) (P), Latvia (P), Lithuania (P), Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (NB), Moldova [Republic of] (NB) (P), Mongolia (P), Montenegro (NB) (P), Norway (B) (P), Poland (P), Romania (NB) (P), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B) (P), Russia (European) (B) (NB) (P), Serbia (NB) (P), Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (NB) (P), Turkey (NB) (P), Turkmenistan (P), Ukraine (NB) (P), Uzbekistan (P).
Vagrant to Denmark, Egypt, France (NB), India (NB), Ireland, Israel (NB), Japan (NB), Jordan, Kuwait, Myanmar (NB), Oman, Pakistan (NB), South Korea (NB), Spain, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic (NB), Taiwan (China), United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, USA.
A narrow band across Arctic Eurasia.
 
Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 25,000 (2010) and decreasing.
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