1844 in birding and ornithology


 * 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