Table S1 A sample of published studies on extra-pair paternity (EPP) showing the range in the percentage of genotyped extra-pair
young (EPY) that were assigned a sire (% EPY sires), the percentage of all chicks that were EPY (% EPY) and the total number of
chicks sampled (n). Studies are listed in ascending order of % EPY that were assigned sires. The current study assigned sires to
98% of EPY (with 95% individual-level confidence), 28% EPY and n=2207 and therefore constitutes one of the largest
comprehensive paternity assignment yet achieved.
Species
Study
% EPY sires % EPY
n
Seaside sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus)
Hill & Post 2005
0
11
47
Common yellowthroats (Geothlypis trichas)
Garvin et al. 2006
13
20
284
American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
Kappes et al. 2009
39
44
81
Tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolour)
Bitton et al. 2007
42
35
216
Black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) -
Reudink et al. 2006
45
26
477
Pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
Lehtonen et al. 2009
47
4
857
Tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolour)
Stapleton et al. 2007
49
47
502
American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
Reudink et al. 2009
49
33
135
Carolina chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) hybrids
Moustached warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon)
Blomqvist et al. 2005
52
27
44
Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Charmantier et al. 2004
52
18
1332
Acadian flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
Woolfenden et al. 2005
53
41
133
Black-throated blue warbler (Dendroica caerulescens) Webster et al. 2001
54
23
413
Coal tit (Periparus ater)
Schmoll et al. 2007
65
28
1945
Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Foerster et al. 2003
72
16
2452
Scarlet rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)
Albrecht et al. 200
73
18
266
Bluethroat (Luscinia s. svecica)
Fossøy et al. 2007
74
26
1032
Eastern kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
Dolan et al. 2007
79
47
264
Dusky warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)
Forstmeier et al. 2002
82
45
195
Reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Bouwman et al. 2006
83
51
501
Common yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
Whittingham & Dunn 2005
83
26
93
House wren (Troglodytes aedon)
Whittingham & Dunn 2005
88
10
584
Savannah sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
Freeman-Gallant et al. 2005
92
47
411
Great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)
Hasselquist et al. 1995
100
3
553
Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica erythrogaster)
Kleven et al. 2006
100
31
391
Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis)
Richardson et al. 2001
100
38
59
House martin (Delichon urbicum)
Whittingham & Lifjeld 1995
100
29
38
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