《鳥(niǎo)類研究》是英國(guó)鳥(niǎo)類學(xué)基金會(huì)的官方期刊，該機(jī)構(gòu)多年來(lái)一直是英國(guó)和愛(ài)爾蘭鳥(niǎo)類學(xué)研究的主要貢獻(xiàn)者。自1954年出版以來(lái)，該雜志以其關(guān)于野外鳥(niǎo)類學(xué)各個(gè)方面的原始論文而聞名，特別是分布、地位、普查、遷徙、家禽飼養(yǎng)、棲息地和繁殖生態(tài)學(xué)。這些包括BTO的調(diào)查結(jié)果和偶爾受邀發(fā)表的評(píng)論文章;書(shū)評(píng)定期出現(xiàn)。盡管該雜志主要關(guān)注西歐的鳥(niǎo)類，但也歡迎其他地方的重要論文。鳥(niǎo)類研究既迎合了專業(yè)人士的需求，也迎合了嚴(yán)肅的業(yè)余愛(ài)好者的需求，而且目標(biāo)是介于兩者之間，既不涉及通俗易懂的內(nèi)容，也不涉及深?yuàn)W難懂的內(nèi)容。

Bird Study is the official journal of the British Trust for Ornithology, a body which has been a prime contributor to ornithological research in Britain and Ireland for many years. Published since 1954, the journal is noted for its original papers on all aspects of field ornithology, especially distribution, status, censusing, migration, poulation, habitat and breeding ecology. These include the results of BTO surveys and occasional invited review papers; book reviews appear regularly. Although the journal concentrates on the birds of Western Europe, significant papers from elsewhere are welcomed. Bird Study caters for the professional and serious amateur alike and aims at the middle ground, eschewing both the frankly popular and the esoteric.