1834 in birding and ornithology

• Elizabeth Gould collaborates with Edward Lear in illustrating A Monograph of the Ramphastidae
• 1834-1835 Charles Coxen travels through the sparsely settled country between the Hunter and Namoi Rivers, including the Liverpool Plains, collecting specimens of birds and mammals.
• Permanent human settlement on Lord Howe Island begins the extinction of the Lord Howe Swamphen or White Gallinule, White-throated Pigeon, Red-crowned Parakeet and the Tasman Booby.
• Franz Meyen describes then new to science species such as the Humboldt Penguin and the Mountain Caracara
• Thomas Nuttall publishes Volume 2 (and last) of Manual of the Ornithology of the United States and of Canada (1832 and 1834)
• Constantin Wilhelm Lambert Gloger publishes Vollständiges Handbuch der Naturgeschichte der Vögel Europas
• Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby withdraws from politics to concentrate on birds.

Ongoing Events

• John James Audubon Birds of America

New bird species described in this wok in 1834 include Lincoln's Sparrow, the King Rail, Swainson's Warbler and the Carolina Chickadee