1854 in birding and ornithology

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

Years in birding and ornithology:	1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s
Years:	1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857

Illustration of Long-tailed antbird published in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1854

• Orders Gruiformes and Ciconiiformes established.
• Adolphe Delattre and Johann Friedrich Naumann die in this year.
• Italian bird collector Matteo Botteri travels to Mexico.
• Réunion ibis described by Edmond de Sélys Longchamps.Other birds described in 1854 include fire-capped tit, thick-billed spiderhunter, cinnamon woodpecker, brown-breasted barbet, black-streaked puffbird, Hornby's storm petrel.
• Edgar Leopold Layard travels to Cape Colony.
• Jean-Baptiste Bailly publishes Ornithologie de la Savoie.