1844 in birding and ornithology

Death of Adolphe-Simon Neboux
Richard Owen describes Anomalopteryx and publishes History of British Fossil Mammals and Birds (1844Ã¢ÂÂ1846)
Graceanna Lewis (1821Ã¢ÂÂ1912) writes and illustrates A Natural History of Birds
Death of Gaetano Savi
Jerdon's leafbird described by Edward Blyth
Johann Jakob von Tschudi publishes Untersuchungen uber die Fauna Perus (1844Ã¢ÂÂ47)
George Robert Gray publishes Genera of Birds (1844Ã¢ÂÂ49), illustrated by David William Mitchell and Joseph Wolf
Death of ÃÂtienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
Fauna Japonica Aves commenced (1844Ã¢ÂÂ1850)
Johann Jakob Kaup publishes Classification der SÃÂ¤ugethiere und VÃÂ¶gel
Last great auk killed 3 July 1844 on Eldey, Iceland
Pierre Adolphe Delattre publishes Ornithologie d'Europe Douai