1869 in birding and ornithology

Birds described in 1869 include Hartlaub's spurfowl, subantarctic shearwater, Himalayan vulture, Palani laughingthrush, Anchieta's barbet and the long-tailed myna.

Events
John Gerrard Keulemans was persuaded by Richard Bowdler Sharpe to illustrate his A Monograph of the Alcedinidae, or Family of Kingfishers (1868-1871)

Publications

 * Tommaso Salvadori Monografia del Gener Ceyx Lacépède. Torino (1869) (Atti della Accademia delle Scienze di Torino)
 * Jean-Joseph Zéphirin Gerbe Les Oiseaux décrits et figurés d'après la classification de Georges Cuvier, mise au courant des progrès de la science, (1869).
 * Otto Finsch and Gustav Hartlaub On a small Collection of Birds from the Tonga Islands Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869 online
 * Osbert Salvin and Philip Sclater On Peruvian birds collected by Mr Whitely Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1869 592-596 online

Ongoing events

 * Theodor von Heuglin Ornithologie von Nordost-Afrika (Ornithology of Northeast Africa) (Cassel, 1869–1875)
 * John Gould The Birds of Australia Supplement 1851–69. 1 vol. 81 plates; Artists: J. Gould and H. C. Richter; Lithographer: H. C. Richter
 * John Gould The Birds of Asia 1850-83 7 vols. 530 plates, Artists: J. Gould, H. C. Richter, W. Hart and J. Wolf; Lithographers:H. C. Richter and W. Hart
 * The Ibis