Weak nuclear divergence despite pronounced mitochondrial divergence within a widespread desert-inhabiting Palearctic lark (Aves: Alaudidae)

SNP datasets (gzipped VCF files), tree output (newick-formatted BEAST trees in .trees files), and biometrics and plumage measurements (.xlsx file) associated with Weak nuclear divergence despite pronounced mitochondrial divergence within a widespread desert-inhabiting Palearctic lark (Aves: Alaudidae) by Liu et al. 2025 in Zoologica Scripta. In the VCF files, some samples have intermediary sequence names. The keys are in the spreadsheet below. VCF_name Taxon ID CapeVerdeAcinctura_P33113_227 Ammomanes cinctura cinctura P33113_227/NHMO-BI-76682 Acinctura_arenicolor_MR_U0621 Ammomanes cinctura arenicolor U0621 Acinctura_arenicolor_MR_U5746 Ammomanes cinctura arenicolor U5746 Acinctura_arenicolor_SA_U4889_P28021_116 Ammomanes cinctura arenicolor P28021_116; U4889 Acinctura_arenicolor_SA_U4890_P28021_125 Ammomanes cinctura arenicolor P28021_125; U4890 Acinctura_arenicolor_SA_U4891 Ammomanes cinctura arenicolor U4891 Acinctura_arenicolor_SA_U4892 Ammomanes cinctura arenicolor U4892 Acinctura_arenicolor_SA_U4893_P28020_305 Ammomanes cinctura arenicolor P28020_305; U4893 Acinctura_arenicolor_SA_U4894 Ammomanes cinctura arenicolor U4894 Acinctura_arenicolor_SA_U4895 Ammomanes cinctura arenicolor U4895 Acinctura_arenicolor_SA_U4896_P28020_369 Ammomanes cinctura arenicolor P28020_369; U4896 Acinctura_arenicolor_SA_U4897 Ammomanes cinctura arenicolor U4897 A_cinctura_zarudnyi_Am1_P28020_348 Ammomanes cinctura zarudnyi P28020_348 A_cinctura_zarudnyi_Am2_P28020_163 Ammomanes cinctura zarudnyi P28020_163 A_cinctura_zarudnyi_Am3_P28020_241 Ammomanes cinctura zarudnyi P28020_241 Adeserti_iranica_U5747 Ammomanes deserti iranica U5747 Adeserti_payni_U5744 Ammomanes deserti payni U5744 Adeserti_payni_U5745 Ammomanes deserti payni U5745 Adeserti_payni_U620 Ammomanes deserti payni U620 AmmodesdesU770_P28021_139 Ammomanes deserti deserti U770 Aphoenicura_1949_25_4559 Ammomanes phoenicura NHMUK 1949.25.4559 Ramphocoris Ramphocoris clotbey U5651 In the biometric and plumage measurements, missing values indicate that the individual lacked an intact enough body part for the corresponding measurement. Questions can be directed to the corresponding authors.