1802 in birding and ornithology

none August 2026Bird species new to science described in the Johann Matthäus Bechstein Ornithologisches Taschenbuch 1802–1803. Matthew Flinders discovered the Kangaroo Island emuDwarf emu of Kangaroo Island wiped out before main European settlement of the South Australia colony in 1836 https://adelaideaz.com/articles/dwarf-emu-of-kangaroo-island-wipes-out-before-main-european-settlement-of-south-australia-in-1836 2026-08-07 Adelaide AZ English George Montagu publishes Ornithogical Dictionary; or Alphabetical Synopsis of British Birds Louis Dufresne popularized the use of arsenical soap for preserving birds in an article in Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle a technique which had enabled the Muséum to build the greatest collection of birds in the world. John Latham published Supplementum Indicis Ornithologici, sive Systematis Ornithologiae. In this work he scientifically describes the noisy miner, the white-tailed tropicbird, the azure kingfisher, the rufous whistler and the scarlet honeyeater amongst many other birds. The white-naped honeyeater described by Louis Pierre Vieillot and Jean Baptiste Audebert in Oiseaux dorés, ou à reflets métalliques Category:Birding and ornithology by year Category:1802 in science References