| 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.
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
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