1829 in birding and ornithology

• Trocaz Pigeon described by Karl Heineken
• Death of Juan Ignacio Molina
• Death of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
• Pierre Auguste Joseph Drapiez publishes Résumé d'ornithologie ou d'histoire naturelle des oiseaux
• Johann Georg Wagler writes descriptions of new bird species in Isis, oder Encyclopädische Zeitung published by Lorenz Oken Some are: the Russet-throated Puffbird, the Golden-fronted Woodpecker, the Pinnated Bittern, the Chestnut-coloured Woodpecker, the Brown Jay, the Intermediate Egret and the Ladder-backed Woodpecker
• George Ord retires from business to devote his time to ornithology.
• 1829-33 Admiral Sir Edward Belcher "Aetna " survey expedition to North and West Africa.
• Julien François Desjardins, Charles Telfair, Wenceslas Bojer, and Jacques Delisse, take part in founding the Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Île Maurice