List Of Years In Birding And Ornithology
{{short description, none The following entries cover events related to birding and ornithology which occurred in the listed year. 1800s 1800 in birding and ornithology, 1800 1801 in birding and ornithology, 1801 1802 in birding and ornithology, 1802 1803 in birding and ornithology, 1803 1804 in birding and ornithology, 1804 1805 in birding and ornithology, 1805 1806 in birding and ornithology, 1806 1807 in birding and ornithology, 1807 1808 in birding and ornithology, 1808 1809 in birding and ornithology, 1809 1810 in birding and ornithology, 1810 1811 in birding and ornithology, 1811 1812 in birding and ornithology, 1812 1813 in birding and ornithology, 1813 1814 in birding and ornithology, 1814 1815 in birding and ornithology, 1815 1816 in birding and ornithology, 1816 1817 in birding and ornithology, 1817 1818 in birding and ornithology, 1818 1819 in birding and ornithology, 1819 1820 in birding and ornithology, 1820 1821 in birding and orn ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Birding
Birdwatching, or birding, is the observing of birds, either as a recreational activity or as a form of citizen science. A birdwatcher may observe by using their naked eye, by using a visual enhancement device like binoculars or a telescope, by listening for bird sounds, or by watching public webcams. Most birdwatchers pursue this activity for recreational or social reasons, unlike ornithologists, who engage in the study of birds using formal scientific methods. Birding, birdwatching, and twitching The first recorded use of the term ''birdwatcher'' was in 1901 by Edmund Selous; ''bird'' was introduced as a verb in 1918. The term ''birding'' was also used for the practice of ''fowling'' or hunting with firearms as in Shakespeare's ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'' (1602): "She laments sir... her husband goes this morning a-birding." The terms ''birding'' and ''birdwatching'' are today used by some interchangeably, although some participants prefer ''birding'', partly because it ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1815 In Birding And Ornithology
*Extinction of Ascension flightless crake *Death of Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira *Franco Andrea Bonelli discovers Bonelli's warbler and Bonelli's eagle named by Louis Vieillot in 1819 and 1822 respectively. *Karl Heinrich Bergius arrives in Cape Town *Constantine Samuel Rafinesque publishes ''Analyse de la Nature ou tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés'' in Palermo *Karl Heinrich Bergius arrives in Cape Town in order to make natural history collections for the Berlin Museum Ongoing events *Coenraad Jacob Temminck ''Histoire naturelle générale des pigeons et des gallinacés'' New species described in this work in 1815 include the undulated tinamou, the red-winged tinamou, the brown tinamou, the Tataupa tinamou the grey tinamou and the spotted nothura *James Francis Stephens ''General Zoology'' New species described in this work in 1815 include the African cuckoo the greater coucal, the golden-breasted bunting, the chestnut-breasted malkoha the red-chested cuckoo, th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1828 In Birding And Ornithology
*René Primevère Lesson publishes Manuel d'Ornithologie *Justin Goudot began collecting bird skins for the Paris museum which held what was then world's largest bird collection . *Death of Thomas Bewick *Death of Carl Peter Thunberg * Magnus and Wilhelm von Wright begin the illustrative work ''Svenska Foglar'' (Swedish birds). Completion takes 10 years. *Carl Friedrich Bruch proposes a system of trinomial nomenclature for species. *Salomon Müller collects bird specimens for Coenraad Jacob Temminck on the island of Timor *Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg and Wilhelm Hemprich describe the greater blue-eared glossy-starling and the rosy-patched bushshrike in ''Symbolae Physicae'' *Phillip Parker King describes the imperial shag, the bronze-winged duck, the austral pygmy owl, the Patagonian crested duck, the Magellanic woodpecker, the rufous-legged owl and the austral rail. *Sarah Countess Amherst, wife of William Pitt Amherst, Governor General of Bengal, sends the first sp ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1827 In Birding And Ornithology
*First part of '' Birds of America'' by John James Audubon published. Teyler's Museum was a notable Subscriber. *John Gould becomes the first Curator and Preserver at the museum of the Zoological Society of London *Death of Morten Thrane Brünnich *Thomas Conrad von Baldenstein describes the willow tit *Thomas Horsfield and Nicholas Aylward Vigors publish ''A description of the Australian birds in the collection of the Linnean Society with an attempt at arranging them according to their natural affinities'' * William Swainson publishes A synopsis of the birds discovered in Mexico by W. BullockF.L.S *Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy established by Robert Edmond Grant who had campaigning for a new Zoological Society museum run professionally rather than by aristocratic grandees and tried to turn the British Museum into a research institution run along French lines. *René Primevère Lesson new bird species in ''Voyage autour du monde exécuté par Ordre du Roi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1826 In Birding And Ornithology
*Death of Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour *Death of Gustaf von Paykull *Death of Johann Baptist von Spix *Christian Ludwig Nitzsch publishes ''Anatomie der Vögel'' (Bird Anatomy) in Meckels ''Archiv für Anatomie und Physiologie'' *Eduard Friedrich Poeppig begins scientific exploration throughout Chile, Peru and Brazil. *Eduard Rüppell's "Atlas of Rüppell's Travels in Northern Africa" (1826–30) includes an ornithological section by Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar describing around thirty new species, including Meyer's parrot, Nubian bustard, goliath heron, streaked scrub warbler and Cretzschmar's bunting. *Charles Payraudeau describes Audouin's gull discovered on an expedition to Corsica Expeditions *1826-1829 Voyage of L'Astrolabe (French) to the Coast of Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Loyalty Islands. Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790–1842), Surgeon Naturalists Joseph Paul Gaimard (1796–1858) and Jean René Constant Quoy (1790–1869), Pharmacian-botan ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1825 In Birding And Ornithology
Events *Death of Bernard Germain de Lacépède *Charles Lucien Bonaparte updates Wilson's ''American Ornithology as American ornithology, or, The natural history of birds inhabiting the United States, not given by Wilson : with figures drawn, engraved, and coloured, from nature''. He added more than 100 species. * William Jardine and Prideaux John Selby commence the serial publication ''Illustrations of Ornithology'' (1825–1843). *The ''Volieren'' (aviary) for birds of prey opened at Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes in Paris *Lord Charles Somerset founds the South African Museum *1825–1828 Carl Peter Holbøll becomes Royal Inspector of Colonies and Whaling in South Greenland *Foundation of Bergen Museum. Expeditions *1825-28 Circumnavigation by the sloop H.M.S. "Blossom" under Frederick William Beechey (commander), Edward Belcher (surveyor), Alexander Collie,(surgeon and naturalist), George Tradescant Lay (naturalist) Ongoing events *1824-1825 Johann Baptist von Sp ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1824 In Birding And Ornithology
*Death of François Levaillant *Death of Blasius Merrem *1824–26 Voyage of the Blonde to the Pacific. The naturalist on board is Andrew Bloxam. *Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold describes the Japanese waxwing in ''Historiae naturalis in Japonia statu'' *Hermann Schlegel travels to Vienna in 1824 to attend the lectures of Leopold Fitzinger and Johann Jacob Heckel. *Jean René Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul Gaimard describe the austral thrush and variable hawk in ''Voyage Autour du Monde Exécute sur l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817-1820'' *1824-1825 Johann Baptist von Spix Avium Species Novae published. In this work Spix proposes the genera ''Aratinga'' and '' Colibri'' *1824-1827 Christian Ludwig Brehm commences ''Ornis oder das neueste und Wichtigste der Vögelkunde'' the first ornithological journal. *Death of Alfred Duvaucel collector for the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle Expeditions *1824-26 Circumnavigation by the frigate "Le Thétis" a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1823 In Birding And Ornithology
*Accademia Gioenia di Catania founded *Death of Pierre Antoine Delalande *Martin Lichtenstein describes the mourning wheatear, the chalk-browed mockingbird, the white-tailed lapwing, the kelp gull, Bachman's sparrow and other new bird species in ''Verzeichniss der Doubletten des Zooligeschen Museums der Universitat Berlin'' *Louis de Freycinet is honoured in the bird name ''Megapodius freycinet'' *Thomas Say publishes new bird species in James, E. "Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, '20, by order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Major Stephen H. Long." One is the rock wren *Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix describes jungle babbler, orange-footed scrubfowl, common babbler and rough-crested malkoha in ''Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles'' (see 1804) *Joseph Paul Gaimard describes the Micronesian megapode. *Wilhelm Hemprich and Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg explore Egypt, the Libyan desert ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1822 In Birding And Ornithology
A summary of 1822 in birding and ornithology. Events *William John Burchell describes the Kori bustard and the blacksmith lapwing in Volume one of ''Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa''. *Carl Peter Thunberg describes the planalto tyrannulet in the Memoires of The Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences *Carl Hilsenberg describes the sooty albatross *Eduard Rüppell and surgeon Michael Hey are the first European explorers to reach the Gulf of Aqaba. *Foundation of Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Lille *Heinrich Boie erects new genera of birds in Lorenz Oken's ''Isis'' Expeditions *1822-25 " La Coquille" (later named L'Astrolabe) circumnavigation under Louis Isidore Duperrey,(captain), Deblois (officer), Auguste Bérard (officer), Jules Dumont d'Urville (officer and botanist), René Primevère Lesson (surgeon and zoologist), Prosper Garnot, 1794–1838, (surgeon and zoologist), Victor Charles Lottin, 1795–1858, (hydrographer), Jacques Arago(artist) *1822-24 "Jane" & " ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1821 In Birding And Ornithology
A summary of 1821 in birding and ornithology. Events *Georges Cuvier postulates that no more new species of large animals would be found in Dictum temerario. Instead, many such discoveries were made from the affirmation of Cuvier to the present. * Sven Nilsson completes ''Ornithologia suecica'' (1817–1821) *Thomas Horsfield describes new species of birds from Java in 1821. A systematic arrangement and description of birds from the island of Java in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13: 133–200. Some of which are the tailorbird, Horsfield's bronze cuckoo, the Javan frogmouth, Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo, the red-billed malkoha, the blood pheasant and the white-bellied woodpecker *Foundation of Naturmuseum Senckenberg. *William John Swainson ''Zoological Illustrations'' (commenced 1820) Birds described in this work in 1821 include the Guam kingfisher, the red-stained woodpecker and the pied bushchat. Deaths *20 October - Félix de Azara Félix Manuel de Azara y Per ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1820 In Birding And Ornithology
This article provides a summary of significant events in 1820 in birding and ornithology. Notable occurrences in 1820 include the first description of the yellow-legged tinamou, and the commencement of ornithologist William John Swainson's ''Zoological Illustrations'', a work including illustrations of many birds. Events *Heinrich Kuhl travels in Java collecting birds for the collections in Leiden *Heinrich Kuhl publishes . Bonn (also in Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. Vol.X). In this work he described many new parrot species. Among them are the red-capped parrot, the white-bellied parrot the Un-cape parrot, the vulturine parrot the short-tailed parrot the western rosella the blue-winged parrot the scaly-breasted lorikeet the scaly-headed parrot the golden-tailed parrotlet the northern rosella the black-collared lovebird and the vinaceous-breasted amazon *Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot undertakes the continuation of , commenced by Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre in 1790 *Prin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1819 In Birding And Ornithology
A summary of 1819 in birding and ornithology. Events *1819 to 1862 Feliks Pawel Jarocki takes over the organisation and management of the Zoological Cabinet of the Royal University of Warsaw. In this year also he described the black-throated thrush. *Quinarian system proposed by the entomologist William Sharp Macleay . The system was followed by Nicholas Aylward Vigors and William Swainson. * William Bullock sells his collection. *Coenraad Jacob Temminck acquires the bird collection of Johann Reinhold and Georg Forster which contained birds from the James Cook expedition. One is the Norfolk Island kākā another is the Tahitian sandpiper *Foundation of Swedish Museum of Natural History. Ongoing events *Louis Pierre Vieillot publishes the description of the unicoloured blackbird in '. Other birds described by Vieillot in this work in 1819 are the chestnut-capped blackbird, the black-chested buzzard-eagle, the Chopi blackbird, Vieillot's black weaver, the giant wood rai ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |