1808 in birding and ornithology

Years in birding and ornithology:	1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s
Years:	1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811

• Louis Pierre Vieillot commences Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de l'Amérique septentrionale. Desray, Paris (1807-1808).
• Alexander Wilson commences the nine-volume American Ornithology (1808–1814), illustrating 268 species of birds, 26 of which had not previously been described.
• John William Lewin's Birds of New Holland with their Natural History published in London. He writes the first description of the Regent bowerbird in this work.
• Coenraad Jacob Temminck publishes Histoire naturelle générale des pigeons et des gallinacés. Sepps, Amsterdam 1808–15.