Notornis (magazine)
| Notornis | |
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| description | Ornithological journal |
| language | English |
| First edition | January 1943 |
| Frequency of publication | quarterly |
| Editor-in-chief | Jim Briskie |
| editor | Ornithological Society of New Zealand |
| Web link | notornis.osnz.org.nz/ |
| ISSN |
0029-4470 |
Notornis is a quarterly scientific journal devoted to the bird fauna of New Zealand and the Pacific. It has been published by the Ornithological Society of New Zealand since 1943 and was published under the name New Zealand Bird Notes until 1950 .
history
The first issue of the magazine appeared in January 1943 under the name NZ Bird Notes , see reprint from September 1947, but with a different name. Previously, notifications and scientific papers had been issued as publications reproduced via matrices. from 1942 to 1943 the society issued a bulletin . The Ornithological Society justified the creation of the new journal with the need for a platform on which ornithologists could present their research results and observations. Those responsible were particularly dissatisfied with the small number of papers that had been submitted to the Ornithological Society by then. It was also stated that they wanted to make these research results available to a wider public. From July 1946 the journal appeared under the full title New Zealand Bird Notes .
In May 1950, the General Assembly of the Ornithological Society decided to rename the journal to Notornis (Greek for "Southern Bird"), which was the scientific generic name of the Takahe at the time . This step was justified with the tendency of other ornithological societies to name their own magazine after a species of bird. Since 1977 the society has also been publishing the OSNZ newsletter as an offshoot and supplement to Notornis , from 2000 this was called Southern Bird .
content
In addition to publications on field research, Notornis also contains so-called short notes in which members of the Ornithological Society report on remarkable bird sightings and which cover about one page. The focus of the publications is on the study of the bird life of New Zealand, Australia and the South Pacific. Issues published more than three years ago are available free of charge on the Ornithological Society of New Zealand website under Publications -> Notornis & Birds New Zealand .
Web links
- Notornis and Birds New Zealand . The Ornithological Society of New Zealand,accessed September 2, 2014.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Notornis . (PDF (1.4 MB)) Ornithological Society of New Zealand , July 1950, archived from the original on October 18, 2008 ; accessed on September 2, 2014 (English, original website no longer available).
- ^ New Zealand Bird Notes . (PDF (338 kB)) Ornithological Society of New Zealand , archived from the original on October 18, 2008 ; Retrieved September 2, 2014 (English, original website no longer available; first issue in January 1943 as a bulletin).
- ^ Southern Bird . (PDF (5.8 MB)) Ornithological Society of New Zealand , March 2000, archived from the original on October 16, 2008 ; accessed on September 2, 2014 (English, original website no longer available).