1814 in birding and ornithology

Overview of birding and ornithology in 1814

Years in birding and ornithology:	1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s
Years:	1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817

Following the death of George Shaw James Francis Stephens takes over General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History
William Elford Leach describes the fasciated antshrike and the black-throated coucal in his Zoological Miscellany (1814–1817)
Edward Smith-Stanley publishes Remarks on the birds of Abyssinia in A Voyage to Abyssinia, & Travels into the interior of that country, executed under the orders of the British Government in the years 1809 & 1810 by Henry Salt. He scientifically describes the striped kingfisher and the red-billed oxpecker.
The Linnaean Society of New England founded. Like many such societies it was short-lived.
Foundation of Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo

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