Phylogenomic study of Pitta sordida (Aves; Pittidae)

Allopatric speciation has played a particularly important role in archipelagic settings where populations evolve in isolation after colonizing different islands. The Australasian island realm is an unparalleled natural laboratory of biotic diversification. We have explored how the level of earth-historic isolation has influenced genetic differentiation across the region by investigating phylogeographic patterns in the Pitta sordida species complex.