title: 1871 in birding and ornithology
text: # 1871 in birding and ornithology
  
  ## Events
  
  * Death of Paolo Savi and Niels Kjærbølling
  * Théophile Rudolphe Studer becomes curator of zoological collections at the Natural History Museum of Bern
  
  ## Publications
  
  * Richard Bowdler Sharpe Catalogue of African Birds in the Collection of R.B. Sharpe. London: Self published. 1871.
  * Henry Eeles Dresser and Richard Bowdler Sharpe A History of the Birds of Europe, Including all the Species Inhabiting the Western Palearctic Region.Taylor & Francis of Fleet Street, London
  * Frederick Hutton, 1871 Catalogue of the Birds of New Zealand, with Diagnoses of the Species
  
  Ongoing events
  
  * Theodor von Heuglin Ornithologie von Nordost-Afrika (Ornithology of Northeast Africa) (Cassel, 1869–1875)
  * 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
  