1852 in birding and ornithology

Years in birding and ornithology:	1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855
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Years:	1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855

the lovely fairywren a species described in 1852

• Death of Charles Thorold Wood
• Death of William Thompson
• Death of Louis François Auguste Souleyet
• Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach, describes the eastern moa in Avium systema naturale
• Paul Gervais describes the Eocene bird genus Ludiortyx
• Sulawesi pygmy woodpecker described by Alfred Malherbe
• Death of Grigori Ivanovitch Langsdorff
• August Carl Eduard Baldamus, Christian Ludwig Brehm, Johann Wilhelm von Müller and Johann Friedrich Naumann publish Verzeichnis der Vögel Europa's. als Tausch-Catalog eingerichtet in Stuttgart. In this year also Müller began work on the illustrated book Beiträge zur Ornithologie Afrikas (1853–1870),

Ongoing events

• John Gould The birds of Australia; Supplement 1851–69. 1 vol. 81 plates; Artists: J. Gould and H. C. Richter; Lithographer: H. C. Richter
• John Gould The birds of Asia; 1850-83 7 vols. 530 plates, Artists: J. Gould, H. C. Richter, W. Hart and J. Wolf; Lithographers:H. C. Richter and W. Hart