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 | 
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