1832 in birding and ornithology
| Years in birding and ornithology: | 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 |
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s |
| Years: | 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 |
- William Henry Sykes publishes his catalogues of birds and mammals of the Deccan in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. This included fifty-six birds new to science, including the Indian pond heron.
- Édouard Ménétries describes Sylvia mystacea now known as Menetries's warbler
- René Primevère Lesson commences Illustrations de Zoologie (1832–35)
- Johann Georg Wagler moves the northern bald ibis to a new genus Geronticus (from the genus Upupa Carl Linnaeus, 1758)
- Death of Georges Cuvier
- Death of Karl Rudolphi
- Charles Lucien Bonaparte commences Iconografia della Fauna Italica (1832–1841)
- The Reverend John Bachman, who presented study skins and descriptions to his friend and collaborator, John James Audubon discovers Bachman's warbler.
- Foundation of Muséum d'histoire naturelle de La Rochelle
- George Loddiges describes the mountain avocetbill, the Tyrian metaltail and the buff-tailed coronet
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