Table 1.

Summary statistics for Kentish and White-faced Plover populations, with ${\mathrm{d}}_{\mathrm{xy}}$ (genetic distance) displayed above the diagonal and ${\mathrm{F}}_{\mathrm{ST}}$ (population differentiation) below the diagonal. Kentish Plover – western China comprises populations from Xinjiang and Qinghai, and Kentish Plover – eastern China comprises all other mainland Chinese populations and Taiwan. Hybrids were excluded from this analysis.

	Kentish Plover - Spain	Kentish Plover - western China	Kentish Plover – eastern China	Kentish Plover - Japan	White-faced Plover
Kentish Plover - Spain		0.026031	0.017603	0.032294	0.034839
Kentish Plover - western China	0.0151		0.014063	029786	0.029611
Kentish Plover – eastern China	0.0186	0.0051		0.01762	0.01768
Kentish Plover - Japan	0.0592	0.0505	0.0382		0.029375
White-faced Plover	0.0868	0.0684	0.0564	0.086