1801 in birding and ornithology
| Years in birding and ornithology: | 1798 1799 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 |
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s |
| Years: | 1798 1799 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 |
"Perruche Ara Guarouba femelle" painted by Jacques
Barraband. From Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets by François Levaillant
- John Latham publishes A General Synopsis of Birds (1781–1801)
- Jacques Barraband is commissioned to produce a series of watercolours of birds by Napoleon Bonaparte.
- Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent spends two years exploring Réunion and other islands in the Indian Ocean.
- Birds described in 1801 include the Norfolk Island ground-dove, the Puerto Rican emerald, the bell miner the pallid cuckoo and the purple swamphen
- The green mango hummingbird described by Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot and Jean Baptiste Audebert in Oiseaux dorés, ou à reflets métalliques
- Naturhistorische Gesellschaft Nürnberg (Natural History Society of Nuremberg founded. The society's museum is Naturhistorische Gesellschaft Nürnberg e. V. Website
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