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Table 4 Avian mtDNA cline widths

From: Genetic and phenotypic characterization of a hybrid zone between polyandrous Northern and Wattled Jacanas in Western Panama

Taxon pair

Cline width

COI HKY distance

Reference

Larus glaucescens & L. occidentalis

1140

0.2%

[63]

Icterus galbula & I. bullockii

328

0.1%

[47]

Dendroica coronata & D. auduboni

297

0.2%

[64]

Passerina amoena & P. cyanea

228

11.0%

[12]

Sphyrapicus ruber & S. varius

122

3.3%

[65]

Strix o. occidentalis & S. o. caurina

94

0.0%

[66]

Oporornis tolmiei & O. philadelphia

88

1.9%

[67]

Pheucticus melanocephalus & P. ludovicianus

82

5.1%

[68]

Amphispiza belli nevadensis & A. b. canescens

53

n/a

[69]

Catharus u. ustulatus & C. u. swainsoni

50

n/a

[70]

Dendroica townsendi & D. virens

40

2.0%

[71]

Pipilo maculatus & P. ocai

15

3.8%

[72]

Manacus candei & M. vitellinus

11

n/a

[73]

Jacana spinosa & J. jacana

7

1.4%

This study

  1. Estimated mtDNA cline width across avian hybrid zones and average HKY distance between mitochondrial COI sequences. Methodological details can be found in Additional file 2: Methods S1.