page_title: 1860 in birding and ornithology
hierarchical_section_title: 1860 in birding and ornithology
caption_attribution_description: Pytelia monteiri=Clytospiza monteiri
context_page_description: Birds described in 1860 include glittering kingfisher, northern cassowary, white-throated whistler, Knysna warbler, orange-breasted fruiteater, snowy-throated kingbird, Ecuadorian piedtail, azure dollarbird,
  George Newbold Lawrence, Spencer Fullerton Baird and John Cassin, co-author Birds of North America
  Jacob Henry Studer begins studying the birds of Ohio.
  1860 Oxford evolution debate
  Alfred Brehm undertakes an expedition to Norway and Lapland
  Johann Jakob von Tschudi publishes Reise durch die Andes von Südamerika
  Expeditions
  1857–1860 SMS Novara Ornithology directed by Johann Zelebor.
  Ongoing events
  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
context_section_description: Birds described in 1860 include glittering kingfisher, northern cassowary, white-throated whistler, Knysna warbler, orange-breasted fruiteater, snowy-throated kingbird, Ecuadorian piedtail, azure dollarbird,
  George Newbold Lawrence, Spencer Fullerton Baird and John Cassin, co-author Birds of North America
  Jacob Henry Studer begins studying the birds of Ohio.
  1860 Oxford evolution debate
  Alfred Brehm undertakes an expedition to Norway and Lapland
  Johann Jakob von Tschudi publishes Reise durch die Andes von Südamerika
  Expeditions
  1857–1860 SMS Novara Ornithology directed by  Johann Zelebor.
  Ongoing events
  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
caption: Brown twinspot Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1860
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