1828 in birding and ornithology

none August 2026 Bird species new to science described in the thumb|230px|Illustration of Loxia pytyopsittacus in Svenska Foglar René Primevère Lesson publishes Manuel d'Ornithologie.Lesson René P. 1828 Manuel d'ornithologie, ou Description des genres et des principales espèces d'orseaux fr Manual of Ornithology, or A Description of the Genera and Principal Species of Birds Roret Paris http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55490127 10.5962/bhl.title.129886 Biodiversity Heritage Library Death of Thomas Bewick, a wood engraver who provided illustration for History of British Birds.Melby Julie L. 15 October 2008 Thomas Bewick Exhibitions, acquisitions, and other highlights from the Graphic Arts Collection, Princeton University Library Princeton University https://www.princeton.edu/~graphicarts/2008/10/thomas_bewick.html Death of Carl Peter Thunberg, a student of Carl Linnaeus and the successor to Linnaeus's faculty appointment at Uppsala University.Carl Peter Thunberg 1743-1828 Scarab Workers - World Directory University of Nebraska-Lincoln State Museum https://unsm-ento.unl.edu/workers/CThunberg.htm While Thunberg primarily worked in botany and with other animal taxa, he provided the first descriptions of Strix nebulosa ssp. lapponica in 1798 and several synonymous descriptions of other avian species.Mikkola, H. Sieradzki, A. 2012 Early History of the Great Gray Owl in the New and Old World Ontario Birds 30 1 26 – 36 https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1534&context=ontario_birdsLönnberg, E. 1903 Remarks on the Type-specimens of certain Birds named by the late Carl Peter Thunberg Ibis 45 2 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1903.tb03935.x https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/380658 Magnus and Wilhelm von Wright begin the illustrative work Svenska Foglar (Swedish birds). Completion takes 10 years. Carl Friedrich Bruch proposes a system of trinomial nomenclature for species. Salomon Müller collects bird specimens for Coenraad Jacob Temminck on the island of Timor Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg and Wilhelm Hemprich describe the greater blue-eared glossy-starling and the rosy-patched bushshrike in Symbolae Physicae Phillip Parker King describes the imperial shag, the bronze-winged duck, the austral pygmy owl, the Patagonian crested duck, the Magellanic woodpecker, the rufous-legged owl and the austral rail. Sarah Countess Amherst, wife of William Pitt Amherst, Governor General of Bengal, sends the first specimen of Lady Amherst's pheasant to London. Ongoing events Coenraad Jacob Temminck Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux Birds first described in this work in 1828 include the black-browed albatross, the comb-crested jacana and the tawny eagle References Category:Birding and ornithology by year Category:1828 in science