1818 in birding and ornithology

Years in birding and ornithology:	1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s
Years:	1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821

Deaths

• French naturalist Philippe-Isidore Picot de Lapeyrouse dies.^[1]

Species described

• Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix describes the saw-billed hermit.^[2]
• Johann Gottlieb Fleischer describes the lesser kestrel.^[3]
• Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot publishes the descriptions of dozens of bird species in the 1818 volumes of his landmark treatise Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine.^[4][5]

Museums established or collections begun

• The Natural History Museum of Prague is founded.^[6]
• National Museum of Brazil is established.^[7]
• Pierre-Médard Diard and Alfred Duvaucel move to Chandannagar (Chandernagor in French), where they start a collection of animals and plants for the Paris Museum of Natural History.^[8]

Important publications

• Johann Friedrich Naumann begins Die Eier der Vögel Deutschlands und der benachbarten Länder (The Eggs of Birds of Germany and Neighbouring Lands) with Christian Adam Buhle.^[9]
• George Graves a comprehensive instruction guidebook for beginners in natural history The naturalist's pocket-book, or Tourist's companion : being a brief introduction to the different branches of natural history : with approved methods for collecting and preserving the various productions of nature

References

1. Gohau, Gabriel; Carozzi, Albert V.; Carozzi, Marguerite (1981). A History of Geology. New Brunswick, NJ, US: Rutgers University Press. p. 81. ISBN 0-8135-1665-X.
2. Hinkelmann, C. (1999). "Saw-billed Hermit". In del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, J. Handbook of Birds of the World, Volume 5: Barn-owls to Hummingbirds. Barcelona, Spain: Lynx Edicions. p. 537. ISBN 84-87334-25-3.
3. "ITIS Report: Falco naumanii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
4. "Taxon author: Vieillot, 1818". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
5. Vieillot, Louis Jean (1818). "Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine" (in French). Paris, France: Chez Deterville. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.20211.
6. "The Significance and History of the National Museum". Národní Muzeum (National Museum). Retrieved 24 June 2015.
7. "O Museu: Visão Geral" (in Portuguese). Museu Nacional/UFRJ. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
8. "Notice sur les voyages de MM Diard et Duvaucel, naturalists français dans les Indes orientales et dans les îles de la Sonde". Revue Encyclopédique. Paris, France: Bureau Central de la Revue Encyclopédique. June 1821. pp. 473–482.
9. "Naturgeschichte". Allgemeine: Literatur-Zeitung (in German) 1 (24): 190–192. January 1819. Retrieved 14 July 2015.