title: 1855 in birding and ornithology
text: # 1855 in birding and ornithology
  
  * 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 1855 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.
  * John Gould authors Descriptions of Eight New Species of Birds from South America. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1855 Pt 23 no. 288: 67–70. online BHL
  
  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
  