Historical Publications

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The Ornithological Society of New Zealand (OSNZ) Historical Publications series was launched in 2022. This series complements the society’s journal Notornis, magazine Birds New Zealand and Occasional Publications on this website by providing a place where books, booklets and other documents having historical significance to New Zealand ornithology can be made available to readers in a digital format. Historical Publications can be documents published by the Society in the past that are now out-of-print, and can also be significant publications on New Zealand ornithology that have been published by a third party. Possible topics for this series might include reviews, indexes, and technical manuals. Documents in this series will be published as digital pdfs. Authors, editors or members who wish to propose documents for republishing on the Historical Publications page should contact Birds New Zealand Council with suggestions for editorial processes.

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Checklist of Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica (4th edition). 2010
by: B.J. Gill (convenor)
Issued by the Checklist Committee of the Ornithological Society of New Zealand Inc. 2010
512 pp. (PDF, 4200 KB)

The State of New Zealand’s Birds 2009. Conservation of Migrant Birds
by: K.-J. Wilson
Issued by the Ornithological Society of New Zealand Inc. 2009
16 pp. (PDF, 2084 KB)

The State of New Zealand’s Birds 2008. Conservation of Birds on the Mainland
by: K.-J. Wilson
Issued by the Ornithological Society of New Zealand Inc. 2008
16 pp. (PDF, 5027 KB)

The State of New Zealand’s Birds 2007. New Zealand Bird Atlas
by: K.-J. Wilson
Issued by the Ornithological Society of New Zealand Inc. 2007
16 pp. (PDF, 2332 KB)

The State of New Zealand’s Birds 2006. New Zealand’s Seabirds
by: K.-J. Wilson
Issued by the Ornithological Society of New Zealand Inc. 2006
16 pp. (PDF, 1062 KB)

The State of New Zealand’s Birds 2005
by: K.-J. Wilson
Issued by the Ornithological Society of New Zealand Inc. 2005
12 pp. (PDF, 7278 KB)

Bird Study in New Zealand. 1997
by: G.A. Taylor, R. Cossee & C.J.R Robertson
Issued by the Ornithological Society of New Zealand Inc. 1997
8 pp. (PDF, 9966 KB)

A Flying Start 1990 – Commemorating 50 Years of the Ornithological Society of New Zealand 1940-1990
Compiled and edited by: B.J. Gill & B.D. Heather
Published by Random Century Group in association with the Ornithological Society of New Zealand Inc.
217 pp. (PDF, 40000 KB)

OSNZ Kermadec Islands Expedition 1969
by: Don Merton
Report issued by the Wildlife Service. 1969.
55 pp. (PDF, 11500 KB)

Annotated Index to Some Early New Zealand Bird Literature. 1968  Introduction to the Index
by: H.C. Oliver
Wildlife Publication No. 106. Department of Internal Affairs
Wellington. 230 pp. (PDF, 45901 KB)
© Department of Conservation, released under an open Creative Commons license, CC-BY 4.0

A Biology of Birds – with particular reference to New Zealand birds. 1966
by: B.D. Heather
Issued by the Ornithological Society of New Zealand Inc. 1966
102 pp. (PDF, 87788 KB)
Foreword by C.A. Fleming, OBE. BA. DSc. FRSNZ