1815 in birding and ornithology
| Years in birding and ornithology: | 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 |
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s |
| Years: | 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 |
Bonelli's eagle by John Gould
- Extinction of Ascension flightless crake
- Death of Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira
- Franco Andrea Bonelli discovers Bonelli's warbler and Bonelli's eagle named by Louis Vieillot in 1819 and 1822 respectively.
- Karl Heinrich Bergius arrives in Cape Town
- Constantine Samuel Rafinesque publishes Analyse de la Nature ou tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés in Palermo
- Karl Heinrich Bergius arrives in Cape Town in order to make natural history collections for the Berlin Museum
Ongoing events
- Coenraad Jacob Temminck Histoire naturelle générale des pigeons et des gallinacés New species described in this work in 1815 include the undulated tinamou, the red-winged tinamou, the brown tinamou, the Tataupa tinamou the grey tinamou and the spotted nothura
- James Francis Stephens General Zoology New species described in this work in 1815 include the African cuckoo the greater coucal, the golden-breasted bunting, the chestnut-breasted malkoha the red-chested cuckoo, the lesser honeyguide the Narina trogon and Klaas's cuckoo
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