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{{Year box|decade prefix=Bird species new to science described in the}}- Discovery of the fossil bird Gastornis parisiensis.
- Thomas Campbell Eyton plans a large natural history museum at Eyton Hall.
- Purple-crowned fairywren discovered on Augustus Charles Gregory's northern Australian expedition.
- Birds described in 1854 include Tickell's brown hornbill, Tristan thrush, robust white-eye, sapphire quail-dove,
- William John Swainson and Louis Antoine François Baillon die.
- Howard Saunders begins bird studies in Brazil and Chile
- Gustav Radde joins the East Siberian Expedition of 1855, led by the astronomer Ludwig Schwarz.
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
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