1818 in birding and ornithology

Deaths

 * French naturalist Philippe-Isidore Picot de Lapeyrouse dies.

Species described

 * Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix describes the saw-billed hermit.
 * Johann Gottlieb Fleischer describes the lesser kestrel.
 * Louis Pierre Vieillot publishes the descriptions of dozens of bird species in the 1818 volumes of his landmark treatise Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine.

Museums established or collections begun

 * The Natural History Museum of Prague is founded.
 * National Museum of Brazil is established.
 * Pierre-Médard Diard and Alfred Duvaucel move to Chandannagar (Chandernagor in French), where they start a collection of animals and plants for the Paris Museum of Natural History.

Important publications

 * Johann Friedrich Naumann begins Die Eier der Vögel Deutschlands und der benachbarten Länder (The Eggs of Birds of Germany and Neighbouring Lands) with Christian Adam Buhle.
 * George Graves a comprehensive instruction guidebook for beginners in natural history The naturalist's pocket-book, or Tourist's companion : being a brief introduction to the different branches of natural history : with approved methods for collecting and preserving the various productions of nature