1814 in birding and ornithology
| Years in birding and ornithology: | 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 |
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s |
| Years: | 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 |
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The Striped kingfisher was described by Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby in 1814 in Remarks on the birds of Abyssinia
- Following the death of George Shaw James Francis Stephens takes over General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History
- William Elford Leach describes the fasciated antshrike and the black-throated coucal in his Zoological Miscellany (1814–1817)
- Edward Smith Stanley publishes Remarks on the birds of Abyssinia in A Voyage to Abyssinia, & Travels into the interior of that country, executed under the orders of the British Government in the years 1809 & 1810 by Henry Salt. He scientifically describes the striped kingfisher and the red-billed oxpecker.
- The Linnaean Society of New England founded. Like many such societies it was short-lived.
- Foundation of Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo
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