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1817 in birding and ornithology
Closure of
Edward Donovan
s London Museum and Institute of Natural History founded in 1807.
Emperor Franz II
of Austria finances an expedition to
Brazil
on the occasion of the wedding of his daughter Archduchess Leopoldina to the Portuguese crown prince, Dom Pedro of Alcantara
Johann Natterer
was the zoologist on the expedition and was accompanied by other naturalists including
Johann Baptist von Spix
and
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
.
Death of
Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin
Stamford Raffles
in
History of
Java
Raffles states that at this date 170 bird species were known from Java and specimens were in the museum of the
East India Company
Ongoing events
Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot
publishes the description of the
Red-throated Bee-eater
in the first issue of
Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine
[1]
. Other birds described by Vieillot in this work in 1817 include the
Tropical Screech-owl
, the
White-throated Bee-eater
, the
Black-faced Woodswallow
, the
White-flanked Antwren
and the
Collared Sparrowhawk
.