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Migratory. Moves through East Canada, E of breeding range, and (mid-Jul to mid-Sept) interior USA between Rocky and ALLEGHENY Mts; also down Atlantic coast, S of Gulf of St Lawrence. Some may fly direct, or via Bermuda, to Lesser Antilles and N South America; others move S down Atlantic seaboard; commonly stages at W Amazonian lakes and rivers. Uncommon transient in Central America. Few birds winter on W coast USA, more in S USA, majority in West Indies and N South America, where most abundant in Surinam, and high numbers in Guyana and French Guyana. Fair numbers remain S in N summer. In spring, return migration across W Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, and North America: in USA, most birds move through interior, fewer up Atlantic coast.   (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1996)

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