1816 in birding and ornithology
| Years in birding and ornithology: | 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 |
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s |
| Years: | 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 |
- 1816–1830 Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, edited and published from 1816–1830 by F. G. Levrault commenced Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix was a notable ornithological contributor.
- Duchesse de Berry, daughter-in-law of King Charles X of France, extends her patronage to the illustrator Pancrace Bessa
- Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot publishes the description of Milvago chimachima, the yellow-headed caracara in the first issue of Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine.[1] Other birds described by Vieillot in the same issue include the black-chested buzzard-eagle, the Mindanao wrinkled hornbill, the speckled teal the ringed teal and the South American snipe
- William John Swainson accompanies the explorer Henry Koster to Brazil. He returned to England in 1818 about 760 bird skins.
- Pictou Academy founded. The institute had a natural history museum which was later (1833) admired by John James Audubon
- French Academy of Sciences becomes autonomous.
- Carl Ludwig Koch publishes System der baierischen Zoologie.
- HMS Congo expedition.
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