Table 1: Origin and Cytochrome b GenBank accession numbers of the species used in this study.

Scientific Name Common Name GenBank           Origin
Carduelis xanthogastra Yellow-bellied siskin L76389 San Jose, Costa Rica
Carduelis xanthogastra stejnegeri Yellow-bellied Siskin (stejnegeri) Mk 733355 La Paz, Bolivia
Carduelis atrata Black siskin L76385 Sucre, Bolivia
Carduelis barbata Black-chinned siskin L77868 Magallanes, Chile
Carduelis crassirostris Thick-billed siskin L77869 Mendoza, Argentina
Carduelis cucullata Red siskin L76299 Venezuela
Carduelis magellanica Hooded siskin U79016 Misiones, Argentina
Carduelis notata Black-headed siskin U79019 Chiapas, Mexico
Carduelis olivacea Olivaceus siskin L77871 Lima, Perú
Carduelis pinus perplexus Pine siskin DQ246804 Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Carduelis psaltria columbiana Lesser goldfinch U78324 Maracay, Venezuela
Carduelis spinescens Andean siskin U79017 Merida, Venezuela
Carduelis spinus Eurasian siskin L76391 Eurasia, N. África (N. America)
Carduelis tristis American goldfinch U79022 San Francisco (CA), USA
Carduelis yarrellii Yellow-faced siskin U83200 Recife, Brasil
Fringilla coelebs Chaffinch L76609 Madrid, Spain