Pooled genomic sequences from five stonechat taxa: Saxicola r. rubicola, S. r. hibernans, S. torquatus axillaris, S. m. maurus, and S. d. dacotiae.

We investigated patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation in stonechats (genus Saxicola), a widely distributed avian species complex with phenotypic variation in plumage, morphology, and migratory behavior, to ask whether similar genomic regions have become differentiated in independent, but closely related, taxa. We used whole-genome pooled sequencing of 262 individuals from 5 taxa.