1814 in birding and ornithology

Years in birding and ornithology:	1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s
Years:	1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817

The Striped kingfisher was described by Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby in 1814 in Remarks on the birds of Abyssinia

• Following the death of George Shaw James Francis Stephens takes over General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History
• William Elford Leach describes the fasciated antshrike and the black-throated coucal in his Zoological Miscellany (1814–1817)
• Edward Smith Stanley publishes Remarks on the birds of Abyssinia in A Voyage to Abyssinia, & Travels into the interior of that country, executed under the orders of the British Government in the years 1809 & 1810 by Henry Salt. He scientifically describes the striped kingfisher and the red-billed oxpecker.
• The Linnaean Society of New England founded. Like many such societies it was short-lived.
• Foundation of Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo