1844 in birding and ornithology

Years in birding and ornithology:	1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s
Years:	1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847

Hemipus hirundinaceus the genus Hemipus was erected by Brian Houghton Hodgson in 1844

• Death of Adolphe-Simon Neboux
• Richard Owen describes Anomalopteryx and publishes History of British Fossil Mammals and Birds (1844–1846)
• Graceanna Lewis (1821–1912) writes and illustrates A Natural History of Birds
• Death of Gaetano Savi
• Jerdon's leafbird described by Edward Blyth
• Johann Jakob von Tschudi publishes Untersuchungen uber die Fauna Perus (1844–47)
• George Robert Gray publishes Genera of Birds (1844–49), illustrated by David William Mitchell and Joseph Wolf
• Death of Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
• Fauna Japonica Aves commenced (1844–1850)
• Johann Jakob Kaup publishes Classification der Säugethiere und Vögel
• Last great auk killed 3 July 1844 on Eldey, Iceland
• Pierre Adolphe Delattre publishes Ornithologie d'Europe Douai