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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
- Southern Bird Volume 48
- Does the New Zealand storm-petrel (Pealeornis maoriana) breed in northern New Zealand?
- Distributional notes on the shy albatross (Thalassarche cauta): its presence off South America in the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans
- Ground nesting of parea (Chatham Islands pigeon, Hemiphaga chathamensis)
- Interspecific feeding of South Island tomtit (Petroica macrocephala macrocephala) nestlings and fledglings by a male Stewart Island robin (P. australis rakiura)
- Incubation length in Chatham Island snipe (Coenocorypha pusilla)
- Plumage changes of young, intermediate phase, variable oystercatchers (Haematopus unicolor) at Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand
- Dynamics of behavioural rhythms in a colonial, nocturnal, burrowing seabird: a comparison across different temporal scales
- Survival and age-at-first-return estimates for grey-faced petrels (Pterodroma macroptera gouldi) breeding on Mauao and Motuotau Island in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
- Vagrant and extra-limital bird records accepted by the OSNZ Records Appraisal Committee 2008-2010