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Notornis
The Society's quarterly scientific journal. This peer-reviewed journal has been publishing ornithological research relevant to New Zealand and the South Pacific since 1943 (originally as New Zealand Bird Notes). All OSNZ members are encouraged to submit original papers or short notes on their bird observations or studies to the Notornis Editor: Jim Briskie (jim [dot] briskie [at] canterbury [dot] ac [dot] nz (Subject: Query from Notornis Website) )
Notornis has a wide circulation within New Zealand and overseas, and is provided to all members of OSNZ. A stock of back numbers is available for those who wish to acquire them. PDFs for each volume will be made available online as close as practicable to the standard publication dates (last day in March, June, September, December)
A fully searchable database of articles published in Notornis and Southern Bird is provided on the Publications page. New issues (< 1 year old) are password protected. Each member of the Ornithological Society of New Zealand has been sent a password. Institutional subscribers have been contacted for their IP address to give their computers direct access. Please contact Roger Sharp (Roger_Sharp [at] xtra [dot] co [dot] nz (Subject: Query from Notornis Website) ) to update your information.
Southern Bird
The Society's quarterly news magazine. This magazine provides a forum for members to report back on trips, society schemes, interesting bird sightings and to advertise coming trips, meetings and events. To submit an article or item for publication in Southern Bird, please contact the Southern Bird Editor: Nick Allen ( southernbird [at] osnz [dot] org [dot] nz (subject: Query from Notornis Website) )
Recent Publications
- Obituary: Donald Vincent Merton
- Reintroduction biology: integrating science and management
- Survival of South Island robins (Petroica australis) after a reciprocal translocation to reduce inbreeding depression
- Use of trail cameras to monitor Chatham petrels (Pterodroma axillaris) returning to Chatham Island following translocation
- Translocations of North Island kokako, 1981-2011
- Reconstructing avian biodiversity on Maungatautari
- Post-release monitoring of bird translocations: why is it important and how do we do it?
- Reducing the risk of extinction of a globally threatened shorebird: translocations of the shore plover (Thinornis novaeseelandiae), 1990-2012
- Translocations of North Island tomtits (Petroica macrocephala toitoi) and North Island robins (P. longipes) to Zealandia-Karori Sanctuary, an urban sanctuary. What have we learned?
- Translocation statistics (2002-2010), and the revised Department of Conservation translocation process