1853 in birding and ornithology

Years in birding and ornithology: 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856
Centuries: 18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades: 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s
Years: 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856
The Mindanao bleeding-heart was described in 1853

Birds described in 1853 include white-thighed swallow, black oropendola, black-breasted barbet, butterfly coquette, carunculated caracara, Fraser's eagle-owl, oriole whistler, ornate flycatcher, Philippine megapode, three-wattled bellbird, yellow-breasted racket-tail