1818 in birding and ornithology

Deaths

• French naturalist Philippe-Isidore Picot de Lapeyrouse dies.

Species described

• Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix describes the saw-billed hermit.
• Johann Gottlieb Fleischer describes the lesser kestrel.
• Louis Pierre Vieillot publishes the descriptions of dozens of bird species in the 1818 volumes of his landmark treatise Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine.

Museums established or collections begun

• The Natural History Museum of Prague is founded.
• National Museum of Brazil is established.
• Pierre-Médard Diard and Alfred Duvaucel move to Chandannagar (Chandernagor in French), where they start a collection of animals and plants for the Paris Museum of Natural History.

Important publications

• Johann Friedrich Naumann begins Die Eier der Vögel Deutschlands und der benachbarten Länder (The Eggs of Birds of Germany and Neighbouring Lands) with Christian Adam Buhle.
• George Graves a comprehensive instruction guidebook for beginners in natural history The naturalist's pocket-book, or Tourist's companion : being a brief introduction to the different branches of natural history : with approved methods for collecting and preserving the various productions of nature

References

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