Zigzag heron. Plate by Joseph Smit in the Bulletin of the Liverpool Museum This species was transferred to a new genus Zebrilus erected by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1855
Discovery of the fossil bird Gastornis parisiensis.
Thomas Campbell Eyton plans a large natural history museum at Eyton Hall.
Purple-crowned fairywren discovered on Augustus Charles Gregory's northern Australian expedition.
Birds described in 1855 include Tickell's brown hornbill, Tristan thrush, robust white-eye, sapphire quail-dove,
William John Swainson and Louis Antoine François Baillon die.
Howard Saunders begins bird studies in Brazil and Chile
Gustav Radde joins the East Siberian Expedition of 1855, led by the astronomer Ludwig Schwarz.
John Gould authors Descriptions of Eight New Species of Birds from South America. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1855 Pt 23 no. 288: 67–70. online BHL
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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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expedition. Birds described in1855 include Tickell's brown hornbill, Tristan thrush, robust white-eye, sapphire quail-dove, William John Swainson and Louis...
Oiseaux (1851–1854, 2 vol. gr. in-8, illustrés. Showy work for the publishers stand at Exposition Universelle in1855 Jacques Pucheran, 1851 Catalogue...
Ludwig Reichenbach, describes the eastern moa in Avium systema naturale Paul Gervais describes the Eocene bird genus Ludiortyx Sulawesi pygmy woodpecker described...
Ornithologie di Roma e di Filadelfia in Pisa 1827-1833 Jan van der Hoeven publishes "Handboek der Dierkunde" A second edition was published in1855 v t e...
occurred in Britain. Marc Athanase Parfait Oeillet Des Murs publishes the ornithological section of Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Vénus in collaboration...
Saint-Hilaire, in collaboration with Charles Lucien Bonaparte and Émile Blanchard, Paris : P. Bertrand, 1857 Expeditions 1857–1860 SMS Novara Ornithology directed...
kite and the welcome swallow . William Jardine and Prideaux John Selby with the co-operation of James Ebenezer Bicheno Illustrations of ornithology various...
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;...
commerce et l'agriculture. Jean-Baptiste Bailly begins publishing an Ornithology of Savoy (1853-1854) Charles Lucien Bonaparte 1853. Notes sur les collections...
Ornithology directed by Johann Zelebor. Ongoing events John Gould The birds of Australia; Supplement 1851–69. 1 vol. 81 plates; Artists: J. Gould and...
Orders Gruiformes and Ciconiiformes established. Adolphe Delattre and Johann Friedrich Naumann die in this year. Italian bird collector Matteo Botteri...
number at around 32,000 birds. The rose-ringed parakeet is scientifically monitored by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and, as of 2022, estimate...
the bird was acquired by Sidney Dillon Ripley, and his family donated it to the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 1994. Strickland, H. E. (1855). Strickland...
country and regional avifaunas Gives an insight into faunistic bird studies in the years 1980 to date. List of years inbirdingandornithology Science in the...
on in the hope of producing a magnum opus on the birds of India, he abandoned ornithologyand gifted his collection to the Natural History Museum in London...
Scientific Names inOrnithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 1 July 2018. Cabanis, Jean (1855). "Contopus virens...
The year 1855in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. September – Alfred Russel Wallace publishes "On the Law which...
Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names inOrnithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 1 July 2018...
Birding 27(4):256–8 Small, Brian (2002) The Horned Lark on the Isles of Scilly Birding World 15(3): 111–20 (discusses a possible Nearctic race bird on...
Bonaparte then set about studying the ornithology of the United States and updating Wilson's Ornithology or History of the Birds of the United States. The revised...
in Bulgaria. It is now placed in genus Streptopelia that was introduced in1855 by the French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. The Burmese collared...
Club Associates, London. Parkin, David T. (2003). "Birdingand DNA: species for the new millennium". Bird Study. 50 (3): 223–242. Bibcode:2003BirdS..50..223P...
"foul-gull" because of the birds' habit of ejecting a foul-smelling oil. The type species was designated by George Gray in1855 as the northern fulmar ....
an error and the type locality has been designated as England. The species is now placed in the genus Streptopelia that was introduced in1855 by the French...
of Ornithology Massachusetts Breeding Bird Atlas – Common Eider "Common eider media". Internet Bird Collection. Eider Duck Hunting information and pictures...
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