1826 in birding and ornithology

none August 2026 Bird species new to science described in the thumb|230px|Chiloe wigeon. Described by Eduard Poeppig Death of Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour Death of Gustaf von Paykull, an ornithological collector whose specimens are now held at the Swedish Museum of Natural History.Medway David G. 2004 The extant type specimens of birds from New Zealand and the Society Islands collected on Cook’s second voyage and described by Anders Sparrman in Museum Carlsonianum (1786-1789) Notornis 51 131 – 135 https://www.birdsnz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Notornis_51_3_131.pdfSteinheimer F.D. 2005 The whereabouts of pre-nineteenth century bird specimens Zoologische Mededelingen 79 5 45 – 67 https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/210795/ZM79-03_045-068.pdf Death of Johann Baptist von Spix, an explorer who helped to catalogue the birds of Brazil.Steinheimer Frank D. 2003 Bamberg's Natural History Museum - the Scientific Significance of Small Collections Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 51 141 – 146 https://zoologicalbulletin.de/BzB_Volumes/Volume_51_2_3/141_146_BZB51_2_3_Steinheimer_Frank.PDF Christian Ludwig Nitzsch publishes Anatomie der Vögel (Bird Anatomy) in Meckels Archiv für Anatomie und Physiologie Eduard Friedrich Poeppig begins scientific exploration throughout Chile, Peru and Brazil. Eduard Rüppell's "Atlas of Rüppell's Travels in Northern Africa" (1826–30) includes an ornithological section by Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar describing around thirty new species, including Meyer's parrot, Nubian bustard, goliath heron, streaked scrub warbler and Cretzschmar's bunting. Charles Payraudeau describes Audouin's gull discovered on an expedition to Corsica Expeditions 1826-1829 Voyage of L'Astrolabe (French) to the Coast of Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Loyalty Islands. Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790–1842), Surgeon Naturalists Joseph Paul Gaimard (1796–1858) and Jean René Constant Quoy (1790–1869), Pharmacian-botanist : Pierre Adolphe Lesson (1805–1888). 1826-1829 Circumnavigation by the Seniavine Captain Fiodor Litke (1797–1882), Surgeon Naturalist Franz Carl Mertens (1764–1831), Naturalist Heinrich von Kittlitz (1799–1874), Mineralogist Alexander Postels. Paul-Émile Botta selected to be the naturalist on a voyage around the world on Le Heros under Captain Auguste Bernard Duhaut-Cilly (1790–1849) Ongoing events Coenraad Jacob Temminck Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux Birds first described in this work in 1826 include the white-throated nightjar, the checker-throated woodpecker, the great-billed kingfisher, the spectacled monarch, the Cuban green woodpecker and the Sunda thrush References Category:Birding and ornithology by year Category:1826 in science