1817 in birding and ornithology
- Closure of Edward Donovan s London Museum and Institute of Natural History founded in 1807.
- Emperor Franz II of Austria finances an expedition to Brazil on the occasion of the wedding of his daughter Archduchess Leopoldina to the Portuguese crown prince, Dom Pedro of Alcantara Johann Natterer was the zoologist on the expedition and was accompanied by other naturalists including Johann Baptist von Spix and Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.
- Death of Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin
- The History of Java states that at this date 170 bird species were known from Java and specimens were in the museum of the East India Company
- Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar founds the Senckenberg Natural History Society.
Ongoing events
- tropical screech-owl, the white-throated bee-eater, the black-faced woodswallow, the white-flanked antwren and the collared sparrowhawk.
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