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Table 1 Species with limited COI divergence

From: Filling the gap - COI barcode resolution in eastern Palearctic birds

  Family Species n NJ Bootstrap Inter sp CAOS
1 Gaviidae Gavia adamsii 6 b 38 0.77 Yes
   Gavia immer 3   67   
2 Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocorax pelagicus 9 b 61 0.78 Yes
   Phalacrocorax urile 1   n/a   
3 Ardeidae Ardea cinerea 1 b n/a 1.90 Yes
   Ardea herodias 4   99   
4 Anatidae Anas falcata 1 b n/a 1.46 Yes
   Anas strepera 9   50   
5   Aythya affinis 9 b 24 1.58 Yes
   Aythya americana 10   61   
   Aythya collaris 10   81   
   Aythya fuligula 3   90   
   Aythya marila 11   12   
   Aythya valisineria 6   87   
6   Bucephala clangula 7 b 55 1.58 Yes
   Bucephala islandica 10   87   
7   Somateria fishcheri 7 b 94 0.96 Yes
   Somateria mollisima 10 d nm   
   Somateria spectabilis 3   nm   
8 Phasianidae Coturnix coturnix 2 a 99 1.50 Yes
   Coturnix japonica 4   99   
9 Accipitridae Buteo buteo 3 b 85 1.92 Yes
   Buteo lagopus 2   92   
10 Scolopacidae Gallinago delicata 6 d nm 0.15 No
   Gallinago gallinago 4   nm   
11   Gallinago megala 2 b 93 0.61 Yes
   Gallinago stenura 5   98   
12 Glareolidae Glareola pratincola 2 a 99 1.61 Yes
   Glareola nordmanni 3   99   
13 Laridae Larus canus 5 b 89 0.65 Yes
   Larus canus "brachyrhynchus" 4   77   
   Larus delawarensis 3   50   
   Larus marinus 3   87   
   Larus spp.† 34 d nm 0.24 No
14 Alcidae Cepphus carbo 3 a 99 0.97 Yes
   Cepphus columba 2   99   
15 Cuculidae Cuculus canorus 5 d nm 0.71 No
   Cuculus optatus 5   nm   
16 Motacillidae Motacilla flava "taivana" 2 b 99 1.16 Yes
   Motacilla citreola "citreola" 2   87   
   Motacilla citreola "werae" 4   98   
17 Turdidae Turdus naumanni 9 b 75 1.10 Yes
   Turdus ruficollis 8   67   
18   Turdus chrysolaus 9 b 97 1.35 Yes
   Turdus obscurus 5   67   
   Turdus pallidus 4   51   
19 Laniidae Lanius isabellinus 3 b 99 1.71 Yes
   Lanius collurio‡ 2   93   
20 Fringillidae Carduelis flammea 10 d nm 0.40 No
   Carduelis hornemanni 6   nm   
21   Carduelis pinus 6 a 99 2.01 Yes
   Carduelis spinus 15   99   
22 Emberizidae Emberiza citrinella 5 d nm 0.09 No
   Emberiza leucocephalos 5   nm   
  1. List of all groups of species that failed recognition via MOTU analysis. Additionally, species with aberrant NJ profiles are indicated; profile designations (a-d) refer to Figure 3. Bootstrap support is given for each species ("nm" denotes that the species is not monophyletic) and the average interspecific distance is given for each group of species, both as percentages. Whether groups could be distinguished via CAOS is also indicated.
  2. † Represents the ten members of the Herring gull complex listed in the text.
  3. ‡ Only two of four specimens of the paraphyletic Lanius collurio exhibited limited divergence from L. isabellinus.
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Frontiers in Zoology

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