1849 in birding and ornithology

none Bird species new to science described in the thumb|230px|The green-billed coucal was described in 1849 by Edward Blyth.Blyth, E. 1849 A Supplemental Note to the Catalogue of the Birds in the Asiatic Society's Museum The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 18 805 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40133238 Biodiversity Heritage Library Death of John Cotton, an early cataloguer of the birds of Victoria, Australia.Stevenson, M. Tout-Smith, D. 2012 John Cotton, English Migrant, Ornithologist & Artist (1801-1849) Museums Victoria https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/articles/10713 Louis Fraser publishes Zoologica Typica,Fraser Louis 1849 Zoologia Typica, or Figures of new and rare mammals and birds described in the proceedings, or exhibited in the collections of the Zoological Society of London Louis Fraser London http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60406701 Biodiversity Heritage Library describing the new specimens held by the Zoological Society of London. Death of William Gambel, who first described Gambel's quail and Nuttall's woodpecker, and is the namesake of the mountain chickadee (Poecile gambeli).Ashworth, Jr. William B. 13 December 2017 Scientist of the Day - William Gambel The Linda Hall Science Library & Arboretum https://www.lindahall.org/about/news/scientist-of-the-day/william-gambel/ Death of Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, who contributed a large number of specimens to the Berlin Museum, including the holotype of Ardea leuce – a synonym of great egret.Ahrens, T.G. 1925 The Ornithological Collection of the Berlin Museum The Auk 42 2 241 – 245 https://www.jstor.org/stable/4074175 10.2307/4074175McCrimmon Jr., D.A. Ogden, J.C. Bancroft, G.T. Engelbrecht, G.D. Kirwan, G.M. Lumpkin, D.C. Frederick, P.C. Pyle, P. Boesman, P.F.D. 2025 Great Egret (Ardea alba), version 2.0 - Systematics Birds of the World G. D. Engelbrecht B. K. Keeney G. M. Kirwan Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ithaca, NY, USA https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.greegr.02 Philip Henry Gosse publishes Popular British OrnithologyGosse P.H. 1849 Popular British Ornithology; containing a familiar and technical description of the birds of the British Isles Reeve, Benham, and Reeve London https://archive.org/details/popularbritishor00goss/page/n5/mode/2up and a companion Illustrations of the Birds of JamaicaGosse Philip H. 1849 Illustrations of the Birds of Jamaica https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73392 Project Gutenberg to his 1847 work, The Birds of Jamaica. The National Museum of Singapore begins, stemming from artifact donations to the Singapore Library.Milestones National Museum of Singapore https://www.nationalmuseum.nhb.gov.sg/about-us/milestones 30 June 2026 References Category:Birding and ornithology by year Category:1849 in science