1821 in birding and ornithology

none October 2023 A summary of 1821 in birding and ornithology. Bird species new to science described in the 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)Nilsson Sven Ornithologia Svecica 1817–1821 Havniae, Apud J.H. Schubothium https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/47042 4 October 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231004144741/https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/47042 2023-10-04 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.Historie Senckenberg Society for Nature Research 1 March 2021 https://www.senckenberg.de/de/ueber-uns/historie-2/ 30 December 2022 30 December 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221230135628/https://www.senckenberg.de/de/ueber-uns/historie-2/ live William 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 (born 1746) References Category:Birding and ornithology by year Category:1821 in science