The Wilson Journal of Ornithology

For more than a century, the Wilson Ornithological Society has published a scholarly journal with form and content readily accessible to both professional and amateur ornithologists. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology is a quarterly publication consisting of major articles based on original studies of birds and short communications that describe observations of particular interest. Each issue also includes reviews of new books on birds and related subjects, as well as ornithological news. Through an endowment from the late George Miksch Sutton, each issue of the Journal includes a full color frontispiece. Each current volume consists of approximately 500 pages. The principal focus of the Journal is the study of living birds, their behavior, ecology, adaptive physiology and conservation.

Although most articles originate from work conducted in the western hemisphere (a large portion of the research on Neotropical birds is published here), the geographic coverage of the journal is global. The Journal is internationally recognized as an important, major journal of ornithology. The Edwards Prize is given annually for the best major article published during the previous year.

The Wilson Journal of Ornithology was formerly named the Wilson Bulletin.

Electronic access to volumes 1-111, 1889-1999, via SORA

 Information on submitting articles for publication: Guidelines for Authors (pdf file, updated 11 August 2006)

 Ordering back issues (Note: A few issues are available for the cost of shipping only)

 For the table of contents from a recent issue, see vol. 118(1) (pdf file)

 List of the various journal titles and issues published in the series of publications now known as the Wilson Journal of Ornithology

 Illustrations of the various covers of The Wilson Journal of Ornithology/The Wilson Bulletin

 Examples of color plates published in The Wilson Journal of Ornithology/The Wilson Bulletin