1834 in birding and ornithology
| Years in birding and ornithology: | 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 |
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s |
| Years: | 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 |
Elizabeth Gould
- Elizabeth Gould collaborates with Edward Lear in illustrating A Monograph of the Ramphastidae
- 1834-1835 Charles Coxen travels through the sparsely settled country between the Hunter and Namoi Rivers, including the Liverpool Plains, collecting specimens of birds and mammals.
- Permanent human settlement on Lord Howe Island begins the extinction of the Lord Howe swamphen or white gallinule, white-throated pigeon, red-crowned parakeet and the Tasman booby.
- Franz Meyen describes species then new to science such as the Humboldt penguin and the mountain caracara
- Thomas Nuttall publishes Volume 2 (and last) of Manual of the Ornithology of the United States and of Canada (1832 and 1834)
- Constantin Wilhelm Lambert Gloger publishes Vollständiges Handbuch der Naturgeschichte der Vögel Europas
- Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby withdraws from politics to concentrate on birds.
- Pink-footed goose described by Louis Antoine François Baillon in Mémoires de la Société Royale d'Émulation d'Abbeville
Ongoing Events
- John James Audubon Birds of America
New bird species described in this work in 1834 include Lincoln's sparrow, the king rail, Swainson's warbler and the Carolina chickadee
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