We regret to inform users that the Trust for Avian Systematics has formally ceased operations.
Since its foundation, the Trust has been dedicated to advancing knowledge and scholarship in the field of avian systematics. Through research support, collaborative projects, and the publication of key resources-including the journal Avian Systematics-the Trust has played a valued role in the ornithological community. The Trustees are immensely grateful to all researchers, contributors, reviewers, and readers who have engaged with our work over many years.
The journal Avian Systematics is now published by Aves Press, a respected publisher in the field of zoology, and remains fully open access.
Please visit the new home of the journal here:
www.avespress.com/avian-systematics
We encourage you to update your bookmarks and maintain support for the journal in its new home.
We are also pleased to confirm that The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, one of the Trust’s most significant undertakings, will continue to be developed and maintained using a database supported by Aves Press, who are committed to its ongoing revision.
Thank you once again for your support and interest in avian systematics. While the Trust’s work has now concluded, its legacy continues through the ongoing publication of the journal and continuing work on The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. The fourth edition has been made available by Aves Press as e-Books, and can be downloaded here:
www.avespress.com/howard-and-moore
The TAS website will remain for a period of 6 months before some of the content is moved to the Aves Press website.
The Trust, with an interest in birds worldwide, seeks to provide public benefit through encouraging the teaching of taxonomy and of understanding of the content and value of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. These objectives are naturally most relevant to the professional ornithological community. In pursuit of these objectives the Trust is able to accept assignment to it of intellectual property relating to the delivery of high-quality information on these subjects both to the above-mentioned community and to the broader public that is interested in birds and their conservation worldwide.
The Trust does not involve itself directly in conservation as other charities fulfil that role.
For a brief history of the Trust, see here.
