1896 in birding and ornithology
| Years in birding and ornithology: | 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 |
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s |
| Years: | 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 |
- Birds described in 1896 include black-fronted bushshrike, buff-faced scrubwren, coppery-tailed coucal, crested white-eye, Madagascar plover, orange-billed lorikeet, Ruspoli's turaco, Visayan pygmy babbler, Storm's stork, green-headed oriole