| Years in birding and ornithology: | 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 |
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s |
| Years: | 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 |
Sacred ibis hieroglyph
- The entomologist Gustaf von Paykull described the crab plover in Kongl. Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar Stockholm
- Marie Jules César Savigny published an account of the sacred ibis titled Histoire naturelle et mythologique de l'ibis
- King Island emu became extinct in the wild.
- Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper became professor of zoology and director of the zoology museum at Erlangen university.
- Johann Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim founded the Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.
- Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest published Histoire Naturelle des Tangaras, des Manakins et des Todiers
Ongoing events
Louis Pierre Vieillot Histoire naturelle des plus beaux oiseaux chanteur de la zone torride Birds described in this work in 1805 include the black-bellied seedcracker, the orange weaver and the black-necked weaver
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