Ornithological Society of Japan

Ornithological Society of Japan

日本鳥学会
First edition of the Society's Check-list of Japanese Birds (「日本鳥類目録」)
Formation	3 May 1912[1]
Location	Japan
Key people	Watanuki Yutaka [ja] (President)[1]
Website	Official website

The Ornithological Society of Japan (日本鳥学会, Nihon Chōgakkai) is a Japanese academic society founded in 1912. It publishes journals and monographs and helps disseminate information about the birds of Japan and ornithology more generally.^[1][2]

Journals

• Tori (鳥) (1915–1986; vols. 1–34)^[3]
• Japanese Journal of Ornithology (日本鳥学会誌) (1986–; vols. 35–)^[4]
• Ornithological Science (2002–; vols. 1–)^[5]

Presidents

The presidents of the Society from its inception have included:^[6]

• Iijima Isao (1912–1921)
• Takatsukasa Nobusuke (1922–1946)
• Uchida Seinosuke [ja] (1946–1947)
• Kuroda Nagamichi (1947–1963)
• Yamashina Yoshimaro (1963–1970)
• Kuroda Nagahisa (1970–1975)
• Koga Tadamichi [ja] (1975–1981)
• Kuroda Nagahisa (1981–1990)

See also

• Yamashina Institute for Ornithology
• Japanese Society for Preservation of Birds
• Wild Bird Society of Japan
• List of birds of Japan

References

1. "Overview of the Society". Japanese Society for Preservation of Birds. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
2. Motokawa Masaharu; Kajihara Hiroshi, eds. (2017). Species Diversity of Animals in Japan. Springer Nature. p. vi. ISBN 978-4-431-56783-7.
3. 鳥 [Tori]. J-STAGE. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
4. 日本鳥学会誌 [Japanese Journal of Ornithology]. J-STAGE. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
5. "Ornithological Science". J-STAGE. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
6. 日本鳥学会100年の歴史 [The 100-Year History of The Ornithological Society of Japan] (PDF). Japanese Journal of Ornithology (in Japanese). 61: 9 ff. 2012.

External links

• (in Japanese) Japanese Society for Preservation of Birds
• (in English) Japanese Society for Preservation of Birds