Journal Title：Malimbus

Founded by John H. Elgood (died 1998—Marimbus Obituaries 21:74-75, 127–128) and Robert E. Sharland. Its purpose is to foster scientific interest in West African birds and to promote ornithology in the region, primarily through its journal Malimbus (formerly the Bulletin of the Nigerian Society of Ornithologists). The journal is biennial and bilingual, unique in Africa.

The NOS publication The Bulletin of the Nigerian Society of Ornithologists accepted papers on birds from other West African countries for a period of time until 17 September 1977 in Liverpool. The NOS Council, wishing to expand the Society's reach, invited the French Discuss this with an ornithologist (eg Claude Chappuis) and decide to "West Africanize" the society and cover the entire West African region. A notice was posted on Bull. NOS 13:85 (1977), and a request for a proposal for a new name for the Bulletin. John Elgood came up with the name Malimbus, a passerine genus almost endemic to West Africa, which was eventually chosen as the title of his journal. The first issue of the new journal in 1979 aptly began with a paper reviewing the genus Malimbe and describing what was then considered a new species of Gola Malimbe.

JohnH.Elgood创立（于1998年去世—马林布斯讣告21：74-75,127–128)和罗伯特E.Sharland。其目的是促进对西非鸟类的科学兴趣，并促进该地区的鸟类学，主要是通过其期刊Malimbus（前身为尼日利亚鸟类学家协会公报）。该期刊为双年刊和双语期刊，在非洲独树一帜。

NOS出版物《尼日利亚鸟类学家协会公报》在一段时间内接受了关于其他西非国家鸟类的论文，直到1977年9月17日在利物浦，NOS理事会希望扩大该协会的影响范围，邀请法国与鸟类学家（例如Claude Chappuis）讨论此事，然后决定将社会“西非化”，并覆盖整个西非地区。在Bull上发布了一个通知。NOS13:85(1977)，以及对公报新名称的建议请求。John Elgood提出了Malimbus这个名字，一种几乎是西非特有的雀形目属，最终被选为其期刊的标题。1979年新期刊的第一期恰当地以一篇回顾马林布属的论文开始，并描述了当时被认为是一个新物种的Gola Malimbe。