1844 in birding and ornithology

Years in birding and ornithology

* 1841
* 1842
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* 1847

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Hemipus hirundinaceus the genus Hemipus was erected by Brian Houghton Hodgson in 1844

* Death of Adolphe-Simon Neboux
* Richard Owen describes Anomalopteryx and publishes History of British Fossil Mammals and Birds (1844–1846)
* Graceanna Lewis (1821–1912) writes and illustrates A Natural History of Birds
* Death of Gaetano Savi
* Jerdon's leafbird described by Edward Blyth
* Johann Jakob von Tschudi publishes Untersuchungen uber die Fauna Perus (1844–47)
* George Robert Gray publishes Genera of Birds (1844–49), illustrated by David William Mitchell and Joseph Wolf
* Death of Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
* Fauna Japonica Aves commenced (1844–1850)
* Johann Jakob Kaup publishes Classification der Säugethiere und Vögel
* Last great auk killed 3 July 1844 on Eldey, Iceland
* Pierre Adolphe Delattre publishes Ornithologie d'Europe Douai

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