1809 in birding and ornithology

Years in birding and ornithology:	1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s
Years:	1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire describes the Amazonian umbrellabird in Annales Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, par les professeurs de cet éstablissement.Ouvrage orné de gravures.
The bird collection of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle bird collection reaches 3411 specimens. At this date it is the largest in the world.
Johann Matthäus Bechstein completes Gemeinnützige Naturgeschichte Deutschlands nach allen drey Reichen.
Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland patroness of natural history dies.
Marie Jules César Savigny describes Pharaoh's eagle-owl and the eastern imperial eagle in Description de l'Égypte the work describing the scientific discoveries of Emperor Napoleon's French campaign in Egypt and Syria
Louis Pierre Vieillot describes the Louisiana waterthrush and other North American birds in Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de l'Amérique Septentrionale (1807 1808 1809) using material gathered when he fled to the United States during the French Revolution
Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg founds the zoological museum of Berlin.

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Years in birding and ornithology:	1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s
Years:	1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812