1807 in birding and ornithology

Years in birding and ornithology:	1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s
Years:	1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810

Cinnamon bittern painted in 1790 by Elizabeth Gwillim who died in 1807 the year of the bird's formal description

• Coenraad Jacob Temminck Catalogue systématique du cabinet d'ornithologie et de la collection de quadrumanes de Crd. Jb. Temminck. Avec une courte description des oiseaux non-decrits Amsterdam Chez C. Sepp Jansz.See Erwin Stresemann, Analyse von C. J. Temmincks "Catalogue systématique" (1807), Zoologische Mededelingen Vol. 31, 1953, p. 319-331 PDF
• Birds described in 1807 include the Oriental pied hornbill, the double-banded courser, the black-collared starling and the black-headed munia.
• After three years in Java Jean-Baptiste Leschenault de La Tour returns to France with a large collection of plants and birds. His Javanese birds were described by Georges Cuvier.
• Death of Pierre Joseph Buchoz.