Current Quarterly Publications

Notornis papers and short notes can also be downloaded from the links below.

A fully searchable database of Notornis articles and Birds New Zealand magazines is provided in the Publications archive.

PAPERS:

Two 1930s records of saddlebacks (tīeke) from the Raukūmara Range, East Cape

Comparing the outcomes from two translocations of pakahā/fluttering shearwater (Puffinus gavia) chicks within the Wellington region

Recruitment of locally-bred birds at two newly-established pakahā/fluttering shearwater (Puffinus gavia) colonies

Population growth and range expansion of breeding colonies of the royal spoonbill (kotuku ngutupapa, Platalea regia) in New Zealand, 1977 to 2024

Changes in the terrestrial bird community on Rangitāhua/Raoul Island, 1967–2023

Volunteer bird counts document changes in bird abundance following pest eradication in a fenced New Zealand beech forest sanctuary

SHORT NOTES:

Black-fronted tern (Chlidonias albostriatus) pair fail to raise biological offspring following adoption of conspecific chick

A case of vocal mimicry by an isolated individual of North Island saddleback (tīeke, Philesturnus rufusater)

Complete post-juvenile moult in a tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae)