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Table 3 Average hybrid index (0.00ā€“1.00) and interspecific heterozygosity levels across the 2016 & 2017 breeding seasons

From: Patterns of introgression vary within an avian hybrid zone

Ā 

Coastal site

Inland site

Male adults

Female adults

Male nestlings

Females nestlings

Mean hybrid index

0.64

0.43

0.54

0.57

0.62

0.64

Mean interspecific heterozygosity

0.17

0.21

0.12

0.15

0.17

0.20