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Table 2 Assignment of individuals to species. Query individual to be assigned, specimen details, diagnostic sites, posterior probability of assignment (Post. prob.), and risk of mis-assignment.

From: Single mitochondrial gene barcodes reliably identify sister-species in diverse clades of birds

Query Species

Specimen ID.

Collecting locale

Diagnostic sites (#)

Post. prob.

Risk

1. Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula

1510–10045

Labrador, Canada

9

1

1.815 × 10-46

2. Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii

KKBNA111-4 CWSL94-65761-04

Saskatchewan, Canada

9

1

6.661 × 10-34

3. Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis

KKBNA472-05 UWBM 73832

Louisiana, USA

11

1

4.315 × 10-31

4. Okarito Brown Kiwi Apteryx rowi

BROMB463-06 RA 0886

Stewart Is., New Zealand

13

1

1.568 × 10-37

5. Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris

TZBNA028-03 1B-269

Ontario, Canada

7

1

1.946 × 10-16

6. Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua

GPB1

Falkland Islands

35

1

2.831 × 10-99