1811 in birding and ornithology

none Bird species new to science described in the thumb|230px|Steller's sea eagle in the Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Two British naturalists, John Bradbury and Thomas Nuttall, accompany the Astor Expedition as far as South and North Dakota.Hemenway Ansel F. Botanists of the Oregon Country The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society 5 3 1904 207 – 214 https://www.jstor.org/stable/20609618 Nuttall later writes an account of the birds seen in his 1832 work, Manual of the Ornithology of the United States and of Canada.Nuttall Thomas 1832 A Manual of the Ornithology of the United States and of Canada Hilliard and Brown Cambridge 10.5962/bhl.title.6481 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5886158 Biodiversity Heritage Library Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger proposes major updates to the Linnean taxonomic system, including introducing the taxa of Proboscidea, Dendrocolaptes, and Chauna.Illiger Johann K.W. 1811 Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium additis terminis zoographicis utriusque classis, eorumque versione germanica la, de A preliminary system of mammals and birds, with added zoological terms for both classes and their German translations C. Salfeld Berlin 10.5962/bhl.title.106965 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48453690 Biodiversity Heritage Library Peter Simon Pallas publishes Zoographia rosso-asiatica in Saint Petersburg. In this work he describes new birds from Russia and adjacent pelagic habitats.Pallas Peter S. 1811 Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica : sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico, et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicilia, mores et descriptiones, anatomen atque icones plurimorum la Zoography of Russia and Asia: presenting a review of all the animals observed in the vast Russian Empire and its adjacent seas, their habitats, behaviors, descriptions, anatomy, and numerous illustrations 10.5962/bhl.title.42222 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29113910 Biodiversity Heritage Library Species described in this work include Asian brown flycatcher, long-billed murrelet, spectacled cormorant, hill pigeon, Steller's sea eagle, Caspian gull and white-naped crane.August 2026 References Category:Birding and ornithology by year Category:1811 in science