| Years in birding and ornithology: | 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 |
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s |
| Years: | 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 |
Banded ground cuckoo
- Birds described in 1878 include Everett's white-eye, Pacific screech owl, Legge's hawk-eagle, Ochre-breasted pipit, Grey wren-warbler, Whistling fruit dove, Ashy-headed babbler, Scaly-breasted honeyeater, Fischer's turaco,
Events
- Death of George Dawson Rowley
Publications
- William Vincent Legge A history of the birds of Ceylon Published by the author [1878-1880] BHL
- Daniel Giraud Elliot On the Fruit-Pigeons of the Genus Ptilopus Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.1878 500--575 London :Academic Press
- Anton Reichenow and Gustav Mützel , Vogelbilder aus fernen Zonen [Pictures of Birds from Faraway Lands] Theodor Fischer, Kassel, Germany: 1878-83
- George Ernest Shelley A Monograph of the Cinnyridae, or Family of Sun Birds (1878)
Ongoing events
- 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
- Henry Eeles Dresser and Richard Bowdler Sharpe A History of the Birds of Europe, Including all the Species Inhabiting the Western Palearctic Region.Taylor & Francis of Fleet Street, London
- José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage Ornithologie d'Angola. 2 volumes, 1877–1881.
- The Ibis
References
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