Breeds coastal Europe from British Isles eastward to Baltic Sea and southward to eastern Iberian Peninsula, Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian seas; winters coastal southwestern Europe and Mediterranean to Africa, Persian Gulf, India, and Sri Lanka.
acuflavidus
acuflavidus (Cabot's)
Breeds coastal Atlantic from Virginia southward to Florida, Gulf of Mexico to southern Texas, Campeche Bank (east-central Mexico), Belize cays, and West Indies; winters to southern Peru and Uruguay.
eurygnathus
eurygnathus (Cayenne)
Islands off Venezuela and the Guianas, and coastal eastern Brazil to southeastern Argentina.