1820 in birding and ornithology

none 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 Swainson's Zoological Illustrations, a work including illustrations of many birds. Bird species new to science described in the thumb|200px|Northern rosella illustration by Edward Lear Events Heinrich Kuhl travels in Java collecting birds for the collections in LeidenRoberts TR (1993) "The freshwater fishes of Java, as observed by Kuhl and van Hasselt in 1820-23". Zoologische Verhandelingen 285: 1-94. PDF Heinrich Kuhl publishes la Conspectus Psittacorum. Cum specierum definitionibus, novarum descriptionibus, synonymis et circa patriam singularum naturalem adversariis, adjecto indice museorum, urbi earum artificiosae exuviae servantur. 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 amazonKuhl Heinrich Conspectus Psittacorum : cum specierum definitionibus, novarum descriptionibus, synonymis et circa patriam singularum naturalem adversariis, adjecto indice museorum, ubi earum artificiosae exuviae servantur 1820 la Louis Pierre Vieillot undertakes the continuation of fr Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique, commenced by Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre in 1790March 2023 Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied describes the yellow-legged tinamouCOSTA CORRÊA L, Silva D, Cappellari L (2016) Aves, Tinamidae, Crypturellus noctivagus noctivagus (Wied, 1820): Southward range extension and rediscovery in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Check List 6(4): 585-586. https://doi.org/10.15560/6.4.585 Leach's storm petrel named after William Elford Leach by Coenraad Jacob Temminck without Temminck being aware that it had previously been described by VieillotBarbara Mearns & Richard Mearns Biographies for Birdwatchers Academic Press 1988 0-12-487422-3 Short-toed treecreeper named by Christian Ludwig BrehmBrehm Christian Handbuch der Naturgeschichte aller Vogel Deutschlands 1820 266–271 de William Swainson commences Zoological Illustrations (1820–23)William Swainson: naturalist, author and illustrator by David M Knight. Archives of Natural History (1986) 13:275–290 Coenraad Jacob Temminck commences fr Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux. New species described in this work in 1820 include the rufous-vented ground cuckoo, the cinereous antshrike, the northern white-faced owl, the olivaceous flatbill, the streaky-breasted honeyeater, Verreaux's eagle-owl and the Timor blue flycatcherTemminck Coenraad Jacob Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux 1820–1839 fr Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie establishedL.B. Holthuis, Leiden, 1995; 1820 - 1958 : Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie; 172 p. PDF Deaths 19 June - Joseph Banks (born 1743)Sir Joseph Banks https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/banks_sir_joseph.shtml BBC - History 10 June 2018 9 August - Anders Sparrman (born 1748)Benson Keith R. Benson Keith Rodney Rehbock Philip F. Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond 2002 University of Washington Press 9780295982397 230 https://books.google.com/books?id=kfv059OL6kQC&pg=PA230 en References Category:Birding and ornithology by year Category:1820 in science