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1816 in birding and ornithology
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Bird species new to science described in the
1816–1830 fr Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, edited and published from 1816 to 1830 by F. G. Levrault commenced Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix was a notable ornithological contributor.
Duchesse de Berry, daughter-in-law of King Charles X of France, extends her patronage to the illustrator Pancrace Bessa
Louis Pierre Vieillot publishes the description of Milvago chimachima, the yellow-headed caracara in the first issue of fr Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine. Details - Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Par une société de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs. - Biodiversity Heritage Library https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/20211 www.biodiversitylibrary.org 1816 10.5962/bhl.title.20211 2015-08-10 free Other birds described by Vieillot in the same issue include the black-chested buzzard-eagle, the Mindanao wrinkled hornbill, the speckled teal the ringed teal and the South American snipe
William Swainson accompanies the explorer Henry Koster to Brazil. He returned to England in 1818 about 760 bird skins.
Pictou Academy founded. The institute had a natural history museum which was later (1833) admired by John James Audubon
French Academy of Sciences becomes autonomous.
Carl Ludwig Koch publishes de System der baierischen Zoologie.
HMS Congo expedition.
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