1850 in birding and ornithology

Birds Birds described in 1850 include bee hummingbird, Wilson's bird-of-paradise, blue swallow, blue-shouldered robin-chat, Bornean banded pitta, Cape white-eye, grey-collared oriole, long-billed crow, purple-bearded bee-eater, Shoebill * Extinction of the spectacled cormorant * Edward Smith-Stanley obtains a grey trembler specimen from the bird collector Jules Verreaux People * Death of Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville Publications Ongoing events * Fauna Japonica Institutions * Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft founded * The Berlin Museum has a total of 13,760 bird specimens * v * t * e

1850 in birding and ornithology

Birds Birds described in 1850 include bee hummingbird, Wilson's bird-of-paradise, blue swallow, blue-shouldered robin-chat, Bornean banded pitta, Cape white-eye, grey-collared oriole, long-billed crow, purple-bearded bee-eater, Shoebill * Extinction of the spectacled cormorant * Edward Smith-Stanley obtains a grey trembler specimen from the bird collector Jules Verreaux People * Death of Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville Publications Ongoing events * Fauna Japonica Institutions * Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft founded * The Berlin Museum has a total of 13,760 bird specimens * v * t * e