1847 in birding and ornithology

Years in birding and ornithology:	1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s
Years:	1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850

The Japanese white-eye was described by Hermann Schlegel and Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1847

• Alfred Edmund Brehm joins Johann Wilhelm von Müller on an expedition to Egypt, the Sudan, and the Sinai peninsula.
• Death of Johann Conrad Susemihl
• Death of Giuseppe Géné
• René Primevère Lesson receives the Legion of Honour
• Jean Louis Cabanis erects the genus Geothlypis in Ornithologische Notizen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte
• William Henry Edwards publishes A Voyage Up the River Amazon, with a residency at Pará

Ongoing events

• Fauna Japonica