The following is a list of notable journals and magazines relating to birding and ornithology. The continent and country columns give the location where the journal or magazine is published and may not correspond with its scope or content.
Name | Organisation | Continent | Country | First volume | Last volume | JCR Index | JCR 2020 | |
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Acrocephalus | Bird Watching & Bird Study Association | Europe | Slovenia | NA | -- | |||
Larus | Institute of Ornithology Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts | Europe | Croatia | 1947 | present | NA | -- | |
Acta Ornithologica | Polish Academy of Sciences | Europe | Poland | 1933 | present | Yes | 1.051 | |
Africa Geographic, Birds & Birding | Africa Geographic | Africa | South Africa | 2011 | 2012 | NA | -- | |
Airo | SPEA | Europe | Portugal | 1990 | present | NA | -- | |
Alabama Birdlife | Alabama Ornithological Society | North America | US | 1953 | present | NA | -- | |
Alauda | Société d'Etudes Ornithologiques de France | Europe | France | 1990 | present | NA | -- | |
Alula | Europe | Finland | 1995 | 2008 | NA | -- | ||
Anuari Ornitològic de les Balears | Balearic Group of Ornithology and Defence of Nature (El GOB) | Europe | Spain | 1985 | present | NA | -- | |
Aquila | Europe | Hungary | 1894 | present | NA | -- | ||
Ardea | Netherlands Ornithologists' Union | Europe | Netherlands | 1912 | present | Yes | 1.088 | |
Ardeola | Spanish Ornithological Society | Europe | Spain | 1954 | present | Yes | 0.912 | |
Atualidades Ornitológicas | South America | Brazil | 1984 | present | NA | -- | ||
Audubon | National Audubon Society | North America | US | 1899 | present | NA | -- | |
Aves Ichnusae | Sardinian Ornithological Group/ GOS | Europe | Italy | 1998 | present | NA | -- | |
The Austral Avian Record | Europe | UK | 1912 | 1927 | NA | -- | ||
Australian Field Ornithology | BirdLife Australia | Australasia | Australia | 1959 | present | NA | -- | |
Avian Conservation and Ecology | Society of Canadian Ornithologists | North America | Canada | 2005 | present | NA | -- | |
Avian Research | Chinese Ornithological Society | Asia | China | present | Yes | 1.215 | ||
Avian Science | European Ornithologists' Union | Europe | 2001 | 2003 | NA | -- | ||
Avicultural Magazine | Aviculture Society | Europe | present | NA | -- | |||
Avifauna | Europe | Italy | NA | -- | ||||
Avocetta | Centro Italiano Studi Ornitologici | Europe | Italy | 1926 | NA | -- | ||
Backyard Bird Newsletter | North America | NA | -- | |||||
Bird Conservation | American Bird Conservancy | The Americas | US | present | NA | -- | ||
Bird Conservation International | BirdLife International | Europe | UK | 1991 | present | Yes | 1.846 | |
Birds of Silesia | Górnośląskie Koło Ornitologiczne | Europe | Poland | 1982 | present | NA | -- | |
Bird Research | Japan Bird Research Association | Asia | Japan | 2005 | present | NA | -- | |
Bird Study | British Trust for Ornithology | Europe | UK | 1954 | present | Yes | 0.952 | |
Bird Watcher's Digest | Bird Watcher's Digest | North America | US | 1987 | 2021 ("Reborn" as BWD in 2022) | NA | -- | |
Bird Watching (magazine) | Bauer Media Group | Europe | UK | 1986 | present | NA | -- | |
BirdWatching (formerly Birder's World) | Madavor Media | North America | US | 1987 | present | NA | -- | |
Birding | American Birding Association | North America | US | 1969 | present | NA | -- | |
Birding Business | Longdown Management | North America | US | present | NA | -- | ||
Birding Scotland | Alba Ecology Ltd | Europe | Scotland | 1998 | 2004 | NA | -- | |
Birding World | Bird Information Service | Europe | UK | 1988 | 2014 | NA | -- | |
BirdingASIA | Oriental Bird Club | Europe | UK | 2004 | present | NA | -- | |
Birds & Blooms | Trusted Media Brands | Miscellaneous | 1995 | present | NA | -- | ||
Birdwatch | Warners Group | Europe | UK | 1992 | present | NA | -- | |
Bliki: Journal on Icelandic birdlife | Icelandic Institute of Natural History | Europe | Iceland | present | NA | -- | ||
British Birds | The British Birds Charitable Trust | Europe | UK | 1907 | present | NA | -- | |
Buceros | Bombay Natural History Society[1] | Asia | India | 1996 | Present | NA | -- | |
Bulletin of the African Bird Club | African Bird Club | Europe | UK | 1994 | present | NA | -- | |
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club | British Ornithologists' Club | International | UK | 1882 | present | NA | -- | |
Buteo | Czech Society for Ornithology | Europe | NA | -- | ||||
BW-Rivista italiana di Birdwatching | Europe | Italy | NA | -- | ||||
BWD: Bird Watcher's Digest | Big Year LLC | North America | US | 2022 | present | NA | -- | |
Canadian Field-Naturalist | Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club | North America | Canada | 1880 | present | NA | -- | |
Cassinia | Delaware Valley Ornithological Club | North America | US | 1901 | present | NA | -- | |
The Chat | Carolina Bird Club | North America | US | 1937 | present | NA | -- | |
Ciconia | Bird Study and Protection Society of Serbia[2] | Europe | Serbia | 1989 | present | NA | -- | |
Columba | Europe | NA | -- | |||||
The Connecticut Warbler | Connecticut Ornithological Association | North America | US | 1981 | present | NA | -- | |
Corella | Australian Bird Study Association | Australasia | NA | -- | ||||
Cork Bird Report | Birdwatch Cork | Europe | Ireland | 1963 | 2009 | NA | -- | |
Cotinga | Neotropical Bird Club | Europe | UK | 1994 | present | NA | -- | |
Crex | Europe | NA | -- | |||||
Der Falke | AULA-Verlag GmbH | Europe | Germany | NA | -- | |||
Dutch Birding | Dutch Birding Association | Europe | The Netherlands | 1979 | present | NA | -- | |
El Hornero | Aves Argentinas/Asociación Ornitológica del Plata | South America | Argentina | 1917 | present | NA | -- | |
Emu | Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union | Australasia | Australia | 1901 | present | Yes | 1.493 | |
‘Elepaio | Hawaii Audubon Society | North America | US | present | NA | -- | ||
Florida Field Naturalist | Florida Ornithological Society | North America | US | 1973 | present | NA | -- | |
Forktail | Oriental Bird Club | Asia | 1986 | 2014 | NA | -- | ||
Gli Uccelli d'Italia | Europe | Italy | 1976 | present | NA | -- | ||
Hirundo | Estonian Ornithological Society | Europe | Estonia | 1988 | present | NA | -- | |
Huitzil, Revista Mexicana de Ornitología | Sociedad para el Estudio y Conservación de las Aves en México | North America | Mexico | 2000 | present | NA | -- | |
Ibis | British Ornithologists' Union | Europe | UK | 1859 | present | Yes | 2.076 | |
Indian Birds | New Ornis Foundation | Asia | India | 2004 | present | NA | -- | |
Irish Birding News | Europe | Ireland | defunct | NA | -- | |||
Irish Birds | BirdWatch Ireland | Europe | Ireland | 1977 | present | NA | -- | |
Japanese Journal of Ornithology | Asia | Japan | NA | -- | ||||
Journal of Avian Biology | Nordic Society Oikos | Europe | Sweden | 1970 | present | Yes | 1.799 | -- |
Journal of Caribbean Ornithology | BirdsCaribbean | The Americas | US | 1988 | present | NA | -- | |
Journal of Field Ornithology | Association of Field Ornithologists | North America | US | 1925 | present | Yes | 1.266 | |
Journal of Ornithology | Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft | Europe | Germany | 1853 | present | Yes | 1.286 | |
Journal of Raptor Research | Raptor Research Foundation | North America | US | 1967 | present | Yes | 0.849 | |
Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology | Asia | NA | -- | |||||
The Kentucky Warbler | Kentucky Ornithological Society | North America | US | 1925 | present | NA | -- | |
Kingbird | New York State Ornithological Association | North America | US | present | NA | -- | ||
The Korean Journal of Ornithology | The Ornithological Society of Korea | Asia | South Korea | 1994 | present | NA | -- | |
Kukila | Asia | NA | -- | |||||
Living Bird | Cornell Lab of Ornithology | North America | US | 1962 | Present | NA | -- | |
The Loon | Minnesota Ornithologists' Union | North America | US | 1929 | Present | NA | -- | |
Malimbus | Africa | NA | -- | |||||
Marine Ornithology | ASG/PSG/ASG/TSG/NZG/JSG | International | 1976 | present | NA | -- | ||
Maryland Birdlife | Maryland Ornithological Society | North America | US | 1945 | present | NA | -- | |
Michigan Birds and Natural History | Michigan Audubon | North America | US | 1994 | 2020 | NA | -- | |
The Migrant | Tennessee Ornithological Society | North America | US | 1930 | present | NA | -- | |
Mississippi Kite | Mississippi Ornithological Society | North America | US | 1965 | present | NA | -- | |
Nebraska Bird Review | Nebraska Ornithologists' Union | North America | US | 1933 | present | NA | -- | |
Neotropical Birding | Neotropical Bird Club | Europe | UK | present | NA | -- | ||
Newsletter for Birdwatchers | Asia | India | 1960 | present | NA | -- | ||
North American Bird Bander | Western, Inland, and Eastern Bird Banding Associations | North America | US | 1976 | present | NA | -- | |
North American Birds | North America | NA | -- | |||||
Nos oiseaux | Société romande pour l'étude et la protection des oiseaux | Europe | Switzerland | 1913 | present | NA | -- | |
Notornis (originally New Zealand Bird Notes) | Ornithological Society of New Zealand | Australasia | New Zealand | 1943 | present | NA | -- | |
OFO News | Ontario Field Ornithologists | North America | Canada | 1983 | present | NA | -- | |
The Ohio Cardinal | Ohio Ornithological Society | North America | US | 1978 | present | NA | -- | |
Ontario Birds | Ontario Field Ornithologists | North America | Canada | 1983 | present | NA | -- | |
Oregon Birds | Oregon Birding Association | North America | US | 1975 | present | NA | -- | |
Ornis Fennica | BirdLife Finland | Europe | Finland | 1924 | present | Yes | 0.771 | |
Ornis Hungarica | MME - Bird Life Hungary | Europe | Hungary | 1991 | present | NA | -- | |
Ornis Svecica | BirdLife Sverige (former Swedish Ornithological Society) | Europe | Sweden | 1991 | present | NA | -- | |
Ornithological Monographs | American Ornithologists' Union | North America | US | 1964 | 2014 | NA | -- | |
Ornithological Science | Asia | Japan | 2002 | present | Yes | 0.705 | ||
Ornithology (formerly The Auk) | American Ornithological Society | North America | US | 1884 | present | Yes | 2.114 | |
Ornithologische Mitteilungen | Europe | Germany | NA | -- | ||||
Ornithos | Europe | France | NA | -- | ||||
Ornitologia Neotropical | Neotropical Ornithological Society | South America | 1990 | present | Yes | 0.293 | ||
Ornitología Colombiana | Asociación Colombiana de Ornitología | South America | present | NA | -- | |||
Ornithological Applications (formerly The Condor) | Cooper Ornithological Society (until 2016) American Ornithological Society (since 2016) | North America | US | 1899 | present | Yes | 2.628 | |
Ostrich | BirdLife South Africa | Africa | South Africa | 1930 | present | Yes | 0.628 | |
Otus | Europe | NA | -- | |||||
Pacific Seabirds | Pacific Seabird Group | North America | US | 1974 | present | NA | -- | |
Panurus | Europe | Czech Republic | NA | -- | ||||
Passenger Pigeon | Wisconsin Society for Ornithology | North America | US | 1939 | present | NA | -- | |
Pennsylvania Birds | Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology | North America | US | 1987 | present | NA | -- | |
Picus | Europe | Italy | NA | -- | ||||
Podoces | WESCA Wildlife Network | Asia | Iran | 2006 | Present | NA | -- | |
Quaderni di Birdwatching | Europe | Italy | NA | -- | ||||
Québec Oiseaux | Regroupement QuébecOiseaux | North America | Canada | NA | -- | |||
Raptors Conservation | Siberian Environmental Center | Eurasia | Russia | 2005 | present | NA | -- | |
The Raven | Virginia Society of Ornithology | North America | US, VA | 1930 | present | NA | -- | |
The Redstart | Brooks Bird Club | North America | US, WV | 1933 | present | NA | -- | |
Ornithology Research (formerly Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia or Ararajuba) | Brazilian Ornithological Society (SBO) | South America | Brazil | 1987 | present | Yes | 0.387 | |
Revista Catalana d'Ornitologia | Catalan Ornithological Institute | Europe | Spain | 1981 | present | NA | -- | |
Ringing & Migration | British Trust for Ornithology | Europe | UK | 1975 | present | NA | -- | |
Rivista Italia di Ornitologia | Europe | Italy | 1911 | present | NA | -- | ||
The Russian Journal of Ornithology | Europe | Russia | 1992 | NA | -- | |||
Sandgrouse | Ornithological Society of the Middle East | Middle East | United Kingdom | 1980 | present | NA | -- | |
Scopus | East Africa Natural History Society | Africa | NA | -- | ||||
Scottish Birds | The Scottish Ornithologists' Club | Europe | Scotland | 1958 | present | NA | -- | |
Sitta | Stazione Ornitologica Lombarda | Europe | Italy | 1987 | NA | -- | ||
Siyoth | Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka | Asia | Sri Lanka | NA | -- | |||
Sluka | Europe | NA | -- | |||||
South Australian Ornithologist | South Australian Ornithological Association | South Australia | Australia | 1914 | present | NA | -- | |
South Dakota Bird Notes | South Dakota Ornithologists' Union | North America | US | 1949 | present | NA | -- | |
Stilt | Australasian Wader Studies Group | Australasia | Australia | 1981 | present | NA | -- | |
Strix | Wild Bird Society of Japan | Asia | Japan | NA | -- | |||
Sylvia | Czech Society for Ornithology | Europe | Czech Republic | 1936 | present | NA | -- | |
Tattler | Australasian Wader Studies Group | Australasia | Australia | 2006 | present | NA | -- | |
Te Manu | Société d'Ornithologie de Polynésie | Oceania | French Polynesia | 1992 | present | NA | -- | |
Tichodroma | Slovak Ornithological Society | Europe | Slovakia | 1987 | present | NA | -- | |
Utah Birds | Utah Ornithological Society | North America | US | 2010 | NA | -- | ||
Virginia Birds | Virginia Society of Ornithology | North America | US | 2004 | present | NA | -- | |
Die Vogelwelt | Europe | Germany | 1990 | present | NA | -- | ||
Wader Study | International Wader Study Group | International | 2015 | present | NA | -- | ||
Wader Study Group Bulletin | International Wader Study Group | International | 1970 | 2014 | NA | -- | ||
Waterbirds | Waterbird Society | North America | US | present | Yes | 0.584 | ||
Western Birds | Western Field Ornithologists | North America | US | 1970 | present | NA | -- | |
Wilson Journal of Ornithology | Wilson Ornithological Society | North America | US | 1888 | present | Yes | 0.574 | |
Wildfowl | Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust | Europe | 1948 | present | NA | -- | ||
Wingspan | Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union | Australasia | 1991 | 2012 | NA | -- | ||
World Birdwatch | BirdLife International | Europe | NA | -- |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Newsletter(Archive): ENVIS Centre, Ministry of Environment & Forest, Govt. of India". www.bnhsenvis.nic.in. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ "Bird Protection and Study Society of Serbia". Retrieved 17 November 2017.