Completed Genoscapes
(Click on each of the species below to explore)!
Genoscapes In Progress
(Click on each of the species below to learn more)!
Blackpoll Warbler
(Setophaga striata)
Bobolink
(Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
(Coccyzus americanus)
Birds of North America’s Boreal Forest
To achieve genoscapes of many of North America’s boreal passerines and woodpeckers, we are partnering with Dr. Ben Winger of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. The Winger lab is leading an NSF-funded project to study the determinants of genetic variation across the ranges of boreal-breeding migratory birds. If you have relevant samples and are interested in potential collaborations, please contact Dr. Kristen Ruegg. We are working towards constructing genoscapes for the following boreal species:
Blue-headed Vireo
(Vireo solitarius)
Blackburnian Warbler
(Setophaga fusca)
Black-throated Green Warbler
(Setophaga virens)
Chestnut-sided Warbler
(Setophaga pensylvanica)
Downy Woodpecker
(Picoides pubescens)
Hairy Woodpecker
(Dryobates villosus)
Magnolia Warbler
(Setophaga magnolia)
Nashville Warbler
(Leiothlypis ruficapilla)
Palm Warbler
(Setophaga palmarum)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
(Corthylio calendula)
Tennessee Warbler
(Leiothlypis peregrina)
White-throated Sparrow
(Zonotrichia albicollis)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
(Sphyrapicus varius)
