Anguilla, Antigua And Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Canada (B) (NB) (P), Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Guam (B), Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, St Kitts And Nevis, St Lucia, St Pierre and Miquelon (B) (NB) (P), St Vincent and The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA (B), Venezuela, Virgin Islands (British) (NB), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (NB).
Vagrant to Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, French Guiana, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Lithuania, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russia (Asian), Senegal, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan (China), United Kingdom.
North-west to central-eastern North America and southern as far as north-eastern California and northern Colorado.
 
Population
Estimated population is 2,200,000 (2010).
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