Afghanistan (B), Albania (B) (P), Algeria (B) (P), Angola (NB), Armenia (B), Austria (E) (B), Azerbaijan (B), Bahrain (P), Benin (NB), Bosnia and Herzegovina (B), Botswana (NB), Bulgaria (B) (P), Burkina Faso (NB), Burundi (NB), Central African Republic (NB), Chad (NB) (P), China (mainland) (B), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the] (NB), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the] (NB), Côte dIvoire (NB), Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) (B), Cyprus (P), Czech Republic (E) (B), Djibouti (P), Egypt (P), Eritrea (NB) (P), Ethiopia (NB) (P), France (B), Gabon (NB), Gambia (NB), Georgia (B), Gibraltar (B) (P), Greece (B) (P), Guinea (NB), India (P), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B) (P), Iraq (P), Israel (B) (P), Italy (B) (NB) (P), Jordan (B) (P), Kazakhstan (B), Kenya (NB) (P), Kuwait (P), Laos (E) (P), Lebanon (NB) (P), Lesotho (NB), Liberia (NB), Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (B) (P), Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (B) (P), Malawi (NB), Mali (NB) (P), Malta, Mauritania (NB) (P), Moldova [Republic of] (B), Mongolia (B), Montenegro (B), Morocco (B) (P), Mozambique (NB), Myanmar (P), Namibia (NB), Nepal (NB) (P), Niger (NB) (P), Nigeria (NB), Oman (P), Pakistan (NB), Palestinian Authority Territories (B) (P), Portugal (B), Qatar (P), Romania (B) (P), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B), Russia (European) (B) (P), Rwanda (NB), Saudi Arabia (P), Senegal (NB) (P), Serbia (B), Sierra Leone (NB), Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (E) (B), Slovenia (E) (B), Somalia (NB), South Africa (NB), Spain (B) (NB) (P), Sudan (NB) (P), Syrian Arab Republic (B) (P), Tanzania [United Republic of] (NB) (P), Togo, Tunisia (B) (P), Turkey (B) (NB), Turkmenistan (B), Uganda (NB) (P), Ukraine (B), United Arab Emirates (P), Uzbekistan (B), Yemen (P), Zambia (NB) (P), Zimbabwe (NB).
Vagrant to Belgium, Cameroon (NB), Denmark, Germany, Ghana (NB), Ireland, Japan, Liechtenstein, Maldives (NB), Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Sweden, United Kingdom.
Unknown to Bangladesh (P), Kyrgyzstan (B), Tajikistan (B).
Population
Estimated population is 140,000 - 200,000 (2011) and stable.
Status LC
Habitat loss and degradation due to conversion to agriculture and pesticides are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.