Table 2 Comparison of published Z/A diversity ratios in various birds

Species	Type	Mating system	π_Z/π_A	Citation
Calidris minutilla	Shorebird	Monogamous	0.52	Corl and Ellegren (2012)
C. fuscicollis	Shorebird	Polygynous	0.45	Corl and Ellegren (2012)
C. mauri	Shorebird	Monogamous	0.58	Corl and Ellegren (2012)
C. melanotos	Shorebird	Polygynous	0.57	Corl and Ellegren (2012)
Phalaropus lobatus	Shorebird	Monogamous	0.69	Corl and Ellegren (2012)
Philomachus pugnax	Shorebird	Polygynous	0.52	Corl and Ellegren (2012)
Ficedula hypoleuca	Passerine	Polygynous	0.37	Borge et al. (2005)
F. albicollis	Passerine	Polygynous	0.42	Borge et al. (2005)
Taeniopygia guttata	Passerine	Polygynous with domestication	0.29	Balakrishnan and Edwards (2009)
Gallus gallus	Galliform	Polygynous with domestication	0.31	Sundström et al. (2004)
Centrocercus urophasianus	Galliform	Polygynous	0.54	This study
C. minimus	Galliform	Polygynous	0.38	This study

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