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1832 in birding and ornithology
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Bird species new to science described in the
thumb|230px|Prioniturus flavicans. The genus Prioniturus was erected by Johann Georg Wagler in this year
William Henry Sykes publishes his catalogues of birds and mammals of the Deccan in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. This included fifty-six birds new to science, including the Indian pond heron.
Édouard Ménétries describes Menetries's warbler (as Sylvia mystacea).Ménétries E. 1832 Catalogue Raisonné des Objets de Zoologie fr Comprehensive Catalogue of Zoological Objects 34 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35732911 Biodiversity Heritage Library
René Primevère Lesson commences Illustrations de Zoologie (1832–35)
Johann Georg Wagler establishes several new genera of ibis, including Theristicus and Geronticus.Wagler J.G. 1832 Neue Sippen und Gattungen der Säuugthiere und Vögel de, la New Species and Genera of Mammals and Birds Isis von Oken 25 11 1231 – 1232 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26455535 Biodiversity Heritage Library
Death of Georges Cuvier
Death of Karl Rudolphi
Death of Louis Dufresne
Charles Lucien Bonaparte commences Iconografia della Fauna Italica (1832–1841)
The Reverend John Bachman, who presented study skins and descriptions to his friend and collaborator John James Audubon, discovers Bachman's warbler.
George Loddiges describes the mountain avocetbill, the Tyrian metaltail and the buff-tailed coronet
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