1857 in birding and ornithology

Years in birding and ornithology

* 1854
* 1855
* 1856
* 1857
* 1858
* 1859
* 1860

Centuries

* 18th century
* 19th century
* 20th century

Decades

* 1820s
* 1830s
* 1840s
* 1850s
* 1860s
* 1870s
* 1880s

Years

* 1854
* 1855
* 1856
* 1857
* 1858
* 1859
* 1860

São Tomé oriole described in 1857

* Thomas Mayo Brewer publishes part of North American Oology
* Charles Lucien Bonaparte dies of natural causes. Martin Lichtenstein dies after suffering a stroke.
* August von Pelzeln becomes Curator of birds at Kaiserlichen Hof-Naturalien-Cabinet in Vienna.
* Birds described in 1857 include black-tailed gnatcatcher, bristlebill, dwarf cassowary, plumed guineafowl, square-tailed nightjar, Thekla lark
* Philip Sclater publishes A monograph of the birds forming the tanagrine genus Calliste
* Gustav Hartlaub publishes System der Ornithologie West Afrika's
* Charles de Souancé publishes Iconographie des perroquets, non figurés dans les publications de Levaillant et de M. Bourjot Saint-Hilaire, in collaboration with Charles Lucien Bonaparte and Émile Blanchard, Paris : P. Bertrand, 1857

Expeditions

* 1857–1860 SMS Novara Ornithology directed by Johann Zelebor.

Ongoing events

* John Gould The birds of Australia; Supplement 1851–69. 1 vol. 81 plates; Artists: J. Gould and H. C. Richter; Lithographer: H. C. Richter
* John Gould The birds of Asia; 1850-83 7 vols. 530 plates, Artists: J. Gould, H. C. Richter, W. Hart and J. Wolf; Lithographers:H. C. Richter and W. Hart

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