1801_in_birding_and_ornithology

Years in birding and ornithology:	1798 1799 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s
Years:	1798 1799 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804

1801 in birding and ornithology

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"Perruche Ara Guarouba femelle" painted by Jacques Barraband. From Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets by François Levaillant

John Latham publishes A General Synopsis of Birds (1781–1801)
Jacques Barraband is commissioned to produce a series of watercolours of birds by Napoleon Bonaparte.
Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent spends two years exploring Réunion and other islands in the Indian Ocean.
Birds described in 1801 include the Norfolk Island ground-dove, the Puerto Rican emerald, the bell miner the pallid cuckoo and the purple swamphen
The green mango hummingbird described by Louis Pierre Vieillot and Jean Baptiste Audebert in Oiseaux dorés, ou à reflets métalliques
Naturhistorische Gesellschaft Nürnberg (Natural History Society of Nuremberg founded. The society's museum is Naturhistorische Gesellschaft Nürnberg e. V.

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Years in birding and ornithology:	1798 1799 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s
Years:	1798 1799 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804