''Emu'', subtitled ''Austral Ornithology'', is the

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BirdLife Australia BirdLife Australia is a not-for-profit organisation advocating for native birds and the conservation of their habitats across Australia. BirdLife Australia is the trading name of the company limited by guarantee formed through the merger of tw ...

(formerly the

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). The journal was established in 1901 and is the oldest ornithological journal published in Australia. The current

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is Kate Buchanan (

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). The journal was published quarterly for the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union in print and online by

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until 2016. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2012

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of 1.895, ranking it 4th out of 22 journals in the category "Ornithology".

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Journals and magazines relating to birding and ornithology Academic journals established in 1901 CSIRO Publishing academic journals Quarterly journals English-language journals Ornithology in Australia 1901 establishments in Australia {{zoo-journal-stub

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