| Years in birding and ornithology: | 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 | 
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century | 
| Decades: | 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s | 
| Years: | 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 | 
Birds described in 1873 include the white-browed tit-warbler, Bartlett's tinamou, Von Schrenck's bittern, Raggiana bird-of-paradise, spangled coquette, Sangihe hanging parrot and the white-crowned penduline tit.
Events
- Death of Jules Verreaux
 - Nuttall Ornithological Club founded.
 
Publications
- Nikolai Severtzov (1873). "Vertical and Horizontal Distribution of Turkestan Wildlife" Proceedings of the Imperial Society of Amateurs of Natural Sciences, Anthropology and Ethnography of Moscow. 8 (2). p 270. (in Russian)
 - Philip Sclater & Osbert Salvin (1873). Nomenclator avium neotropicalium: sive avium quae in regione neotropica hucusque repertae sunt nomina systematice disposita adjecta sua cuique speciei patria accedunt generum et specierum novarum diagnoses. London: Sumptibus Auctorum. J. W. Elliot. viii + 163pp. via the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
 - Paolo Savi Ornitologia Italiana Firenze :Successori Le Monnier,1873-1876. (opera posthuma 1873–1876) BHL
 - Elliott Coues 1873. Some United States birds, new to science, and other things ornithological. The American Naturalist 7: 321–331.
 
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
 - 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
 - The Ibis
 
References
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