1855 in birding and ornithology

none Bird species new to science described in the thumb| Zigzag heron. Plate by Joseph Smit in the Bulletin of the Liverpool Museum This species was transferred to a new genus Zebrilus erected by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1855 Discovery of the fossil bird Gastornis parisiensis. Thomas Campbell Eyton plans a large natural history museum at Eyton Hall. Purple-crowned fairywren discovered on Augustus Charles Gregory's northern Australian expedition. Birds described in 1855 include Tickell's brown hornbill, Tristan thrush, robust white-eye, sapphire quail-dove, William Swainson and Louis Antoine François Baillon die. Howard Saunders begins bird studies in Brazil and Chile Gustav Radde joins the East Siberian Expedition of 1855, led by the astronomer Ludwig Schwarz. John Gould authors Descriptions of Eight New Species of Birds from South America. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1855 Pt 23 no. 288: 67–70. online BHL Ongoing events John Gould The birds of Australia; Supplement 1851–69. 1 vol. 81 plates; Artists: J. Gould and H. C. Richter; Lithographer: H. C. Richter John Gould The birds of Asia; 1850-83 7 vols. 530 plates, Artists: J. Gould, H. C. Richter, W. Hart and J. Wolf; Lithographers:H. C. Richter and W. Hart References Bird Category:Birding and ornithology by year