1824 in birding and ornithology
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Australian pelican. This species was described by Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot in 1824
- Death of François Levaillant
- Death of Blasius Merrem
- 1824–26 Voyage of the Blonde to the Pacific. The naturalist on board is Andrew Bloxam.
- Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold describes the Japanese waxwing in Historiae naturalis in Japonia statu
- Hermann Schlegel travels to Vienna in 1824 to attend the lectures of Leopold Fitzinger and Johann Jacob Heckel.
- Jean René Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul Gaimard describe the austral thrush and variable hawk in Voyage Autour du Monde Exécute sur l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817-1820
- 1824-1825 Johann Baptist von Spix Avium Species Novae published. In this work Spix proposes the genera Aratinga and Colibri
- 1824-1827 Christian Ludwig Brehm commences Ornis oder das neueste und Wichtigste der Vögelkunde the first ornithological journal.
- Death of Alfred Duvaucel collector for the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
Expeditions
- 1824-26 Circumnavigation by the frigate "Le Thétis" and the corvette "L'Espérance" Hyacinthe de Bougainville (commander), (captain of the Espérance), (lieutenant on the Thétis and artist), (1791-1835 (surgeon and naturalist).
Ongoing events[]
- Coenraad Jacob Temminck Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux. Birds first described in this work include the scarlet-rumped trogon, the lilac kingfisher, the metallic starling, the red-throated barbet, the lizard buzzard, the red-bearded bee-eater and the Australian pelican
- Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot continues La Galerie des Oiseaux du cabinet d'histoire naturelle du jardin du roi.
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