1863 in birding and ornithology

Years in birding and ornithology

* 1860
* 1861
* 1862
* 1863
* 1864
* 1865
* 1866

Centuries

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Decades

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Years

* 1860
* 1861
* 1862
* 1863
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* 1866

the rufous-necked wood rail was described in 1863

* Thomas Caverhill Jerdon publishes the first volume of The Birds of India.
* François Victor Massena, 3rd Duke of Rivoli, Alberto della Marmora and Alfred Moquin-Tandon die.
* American ornithologist Greene Smith founds the Greene Smith Museum
* Birds described in 1863 include black-throated munia, Amur falcon, Buru monarch, nuthatch vanga, red-tailed wheatear,
* Heinrich Agathon Bernstein discovers the Waigeo home of Wilson's bird-of-paradise.
* Alfred Russel Wallace publishes The Naturalist on the River Amazons
* Gustav Radde Reisen im Süden von Ost-Sibirien in den Jahren 1855-59 (Travels in the south of eastern Siberia during the years 1855–59) published 1862–1863

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
* The Ibis

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