1852 in birding and ornithology
# 1852 in birding and ornithology

* Death of Charles Thorold Wood
* Death of William Thompson
* Death of Louis François Auguste Souleyet
* Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach, describes the eastern moa in Avium systema naturale
* Paul Gervais describes the Eocene bird genus Ludiortyx
* Sulawesi pygmy woodpecker described by Alfred Malherbe
* Death of Grigori Ivanovitch Langsdorff
* August Carl Eduard Baldamus, Christian Ludwig Brehm, Johann Wilhelm von Müller and Johann Friedrich Naumann publish Verzeichnis der Vögel Europa's. als Tausch-Catalog eingerichtet in Stuttgart. In this year also Müller began work on the illustrated book Beiträge zur Ornithologie Afrikas (1853–1870),

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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