Ongoing events Alexander Wilson Ornithology of America (1808–1814) Species described in 1810 include the American tree sparrow, the pine siskin, the blue-headed vireo, the mourning warbler and the marsh wren.

• University of Berlin founded. Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger is a professor and director of the Zoological Museum.
• Constantine Samuel Rafinesque describes the streaked fantail warbler in Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia.
• George Perry describes the brolga in Arcana; or the Museum of Natural History. This serial publication, like many was short-lived ( January 1810 to September 1811).
• John James Audubon meets Alexander Wilson author of American Ornithology.
• Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen publishes Deutsche Ornithologie oder Naturgeschichte aller Vögel Deutschlands (Natural history of German birds).

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