Table 1 Species, museum voucher specimen or tissue number, and country of collection for specimens examined

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