1849 in birding and ornithology


 * Death of John Cotton
 * Louis Fraser publishes Zoologica Typica, or figures of the new and rare animals and birds in the collection of the Zoological Society of London
 * Death of William Gambel
 * Death of Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg
 * Philip Henry Gosse publishes Popular British Ornithology; containing a familiar and technical description of the Birds of the British Isles, Illustrations of the Birds of Jamaica and Natural History. Birds
 * Vinzenz Maria Gredler becomes director of the Franciscan Gymnasium in Bolzano
 * Singapore Museum established

Ongoing events
 * Fauna Japonica