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 to 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 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 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.

## References

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1. ^ "Details - Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Par une société de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs. - Biodiversity Heritage Library". www.biodiversitylibrary.org. 1816. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.20211. Retrieved 2015-08-10.

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