1849 in birding and ornithology
| Years in birding and ornithology: | 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 |
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| Years: | 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 |
The green-billed coucal was described in 1849
- Death of John Cotton
- Louis Fraser publishes Zoologica Typica, or figures of the new and rare animals and birds in the collection of the Zoological Society of London
- Death of William Gambel
- Death of Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg
- Philip Henry Gosse publishes Popular British Ornithology; containing a familiar and technical description of the Birds of the British Isles, Illustrations of the Birds of Jamaica and Natural History. Birds
- Vinzenz Maria Gredler becomes director of the Franciscan Gymnasium in Bolzano
- Singapore Museum established
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