Table 1.
Species, museum voucher specimen or tissue number, and country of collection for specimens examined
| Species | Sample sourcea | Country of collection |
|---|---|---|
| Sylvia | ||
| buryi | B 0117 | Saudi Arabia |
| lugens | ZMUC 120221 | Tanzania |
| boehmi 1 | K 35973 | Kenya |
| 2 | K 29774 | Kenya |
| layardi 1 | B 0120 | South Africa |
| 2 | MBM 11954 | South Africa |
| subcaeruleum 1 | MBM 11953 | South Africa |
| 2 | B 0865 | South Africa |
| atricapilla 1 | MSUZM 119073 | Russia: Avtonomna Respublika Krym |
| 2 | USNM 640935 | Russia: Krasnodarskiy Kray |
| 3 | USNM 640863 | Greece: Macedonia |
| 4 | YPM 101281 | Greece: Crete |
| borin 1 | MBM 11430 | Malawi |
| 2 | MSUZM-MVK 26 | Russia: Vologodskaya Oblast |
| communis 1 | B 0116 | Germany |
| 2 | BMNH 44368 | Russia: Krasnodarskiy Kray |
| 3 | YPM 101274 | Greece: Crete |
| 4 | USNM 640581 | Russia: Chitinskaya Oblast |
| curruca 1 | USNM 640015 | Russia: Chitinskaya Oblast |
| 2 | MSUZM 119078 | Russia: Avto. Respublika Krym |
| 3 | B 0073 | Israel |
| nana 1 | B 0788 | Israel |
| 2 | UWBM 57866 | Mongolia |
| nisoria 1 | USNM 639640 | Moldova |
| 2 | MSUZM-MVK 24 | Russia: Vologodskaya Oblast |
| hortensis | USNM 640748 | Greece: Aegean |
| crassirostris | B 0099 | Israel |
| leucomelaena | GenBank | AJ534533 |
| rueppelli 1 | B 0776 | Israel |
| 2 | YPM 101293 | Greece: Crete |
| melanocephala 1 | YPM 101408 | Greece: Crete |
| 2 | B 0765 | Senegal |
| melanothorax | B 0787 | Israel |
| mystacea | USNM 639611 | Iran |
| cantillans 1 | USNM 640818 | Greece: Aegean |
| 2 | B 0065 | Senegal |
| conspicillata | B 0764 | Israel |
| deserticola | B 0881 | Morocco |
| undata | B 0775 | Spain |
| sarda | B 0795 | Corsica |
| balearica | B 0128 | Mallorca: Cabrera Island |
| dohrni | MM 1 | Principe Island |
| abyssinicus | GenBank | EU652717, AJ534548 |
| Chamaea fasciata | GenBank | DQ861975, AF484842 |
| Paradoxornis nipalensis | GenBank | FJ357998, AF484875 |
| Turdoides bicolor | MBM 8230 | AY329444, AY329481 |
| Zosterops pallidus | MBM 7430 | AY329445, AY329482 |
a B, collection of A. Helbig; K, collection of K. Böhning-Gaese; BMNH, Bell Museum of Natural History; MBM, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Natural History; MM, collection of M. Melo; MSUZM, Moscow State University Zoological Museum; SDSU, San Diego State University; USNM, U.S. National Museum; UWBM, University of Washington Burke Museum; ZMUC, YPM, Yale Peabody Museum; Zoologisk Museum University of Copenhagen.