1847 in birding and ornithology

Years in birding and ornithology:	1844   1845   1846   1847   1848   1849   1850
Centuries:	18th century  ·  19th century  ·  20th century
Decades:	1810s   1820s   1830s   1840s   1850s   1860s   1870s
Years:	1844   1845   1846   1847   1848   1849   1850

The Japanese white-eye was described by Hermann Schlegel and Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1847

• Alfred Edmund Brehm joins Johann Wilhelm von Müller on an expedition to Egypt, the Sudan, and the Sinai Peninsula.
• Death of Johann Conrad Susemihl
• 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

References

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