1847 in birding and ornithology

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Alfred Edmund Brehm joins Johann Wilhelm von Müller on an expedition to Egypt, the Sudan, and the Sinai Peninsula.
Death of Giuseppe Géné ^[1]
René Primevère Lesson receives the Legion of Honour
Jean Louis Cabanis erects the genus Geothlypis in Ornithologische Notizen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte
William Henry Edwards publishes A Voyage Up the River Amazon, with a residency at Pará

Ongoing events

Fauna Japonica ^[2]

References

↑ Cappelletti, Maurizia Alippi. "GENÈ, Giuseppe". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 53. Treccani.
↑ L. B. Holthuis; Tsune Sakai (1970). Ph. F. von Siebold and Fauna japonica: a history of early Japanese zoology. Academic Press of Japan.

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[1] Cappelletti, Maurizia Alippi. "GENÈ, Giuseppe". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 53. Treccani.

[HolthuisSakai1970-2] L. B. Holthuis; Tsune Sakai (1970). Ph. F. von Siebold and Fauna japonica: a history of early Japanese zoology. Academic Press of Japan.

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