This is a list of namesakes of bird genera and species.
- James William Abert - Pipilo aberti
- Michel Adanson - Coturnix adansonii
- Luigi Maria d'Albertis - Aegotheles albertisi, Epimachus albertisi
- Sarah, Countess Amherst - Chrysolophus amherstiae
- Jacques Ernest Edmond André - Chaetura andrei, Taeniotriccus andrei
- Richard Archbold - Aegotheles archboldi, Archboldia, Eurostopodus archboldi, Newtonia archboldi, Petroica archboldi
- Jean-Baptiste Audebert - Pachycoccyx audeberti
- William Orville Ayres - Cisticola ayresii, Hieraaetus ayresii, Sarothrura ayresi
- John Bachman - Haematopus bachmani, Vermivora bachmanii
- Louis Antoine Francois Baillon - Baillonius, Baillonius bailloni
- Spencer Fullerton Baird - Acanthidops bairdii, Ammodramus bairdii, Calidris bairdii, Junco bairdii, Myiodynastes bairdii, Oreomystis bairdi, Prinia bairdii, Trogon bairdii, Vireo bairdi
- E. C. Stuart Baker - Ducula bakeri, Sericulus bakeri, Yuhina bakeri
- Valentine Ball - Otus balli
- Outram Bangs - Bangsia, Grallaria bangsi
- Joseph Banks - Calyptorhynchus banksii, Neolalage banksiana
- David Armitage Bannerman - Anthus bannermani, Buteo bannermani, Nectarinia bannermani, Ploceus bannermani, Puffinus bannermani
- John Barrow - Eupodotis barrowii
- Edward Bartlett - Crypturellus bartletti
- George Latimer Bates - Apus batesi, Caprimulgus batesi, Nectarinia batesi, Ploceus batesi, Terpsiphone batesi
- John Graham Bell - Aimophila belli, Amphispiza belli, Basileuterus belli, Vireo bellii
- Charles Emil Bendire - Toxostoma bendirei
- Edward Turner Bennett - Aegotheles bennettii, Campethera bennetti, Casuarius bennetti, Corvus bennetti
- Constantine Walter Benson - Pseudocossyphus bensoni
- Hans von Berlepsch - Aglaiocercus berlepschi, Asthenes berlepschi, Berlepschia, Chaetocercus berlepschi, Crypturellus berlepschi, Dacnis berlepschi, Hylopezus berlepschi, Pyrrhura berlepschi, Rhegmatorhina berlepschi, Sipia berlepschi, Thripophaga berlepschi
- Jacques Berlioz - Apus berliozi
- Heinrich Agathon Bernstein - Centropus bernsteini, Megapodius bernsteinii, Ptilinopus bernsteinii, Sterna bernsteini
- Thomas Bewick - Cygnus bewickii, Thryomanes bewickii
- William Thomas Blanford - Calandrella blanfordi, Montifringilla blanfordi, Psalidoprocne blanfordi, Pycnonotus blanfordi
- Johann Friedrich Blumenbach - Crax blumenbachii
- Edward Blyth - Blythipicus, Onychognathus blythii, Tragopan blythii
- José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage - Bostrychia bocagei, Sheppardia bocagei, Telophorus bocagei
- Heinrich Boie - Myzomela boiei
- Carl Bolle - Phoeniculus bollei
- Charles Lucien Bonaparte - Coeligena bonapartei, Gymnobucco bonapartei, Loriculus bonapartei, Nothocercus bonapartei
- Franco Andrea Bonelli - Phylloscopus bonelli
- Matteo Botteri - Aimophila botterii
- Adolphe Boucard - Amazilia boucardi, Crypturellus boucardi
- Jules Bourcier - Eubucco bourcierii, Phaethornis bourcieri
- Eugène Louis Bouvier - Nectarinia bouvieri, Scotopelia bouvieri
- James Bulwer - Bulweria, Bulweria bulwerii, Lophura bulweri, Pseudobulweria
- Edward Arthur Butler - Accipiter butleri, Strix butleri
- Dr. Cabot - Tragopan caboti
- Archibald James Campbell - Arborophila campbelli, Malurus campbelli
- Hugh Clapperton - Francolinus clappertoni
- Georges Cuvier - Dryolimnas cuvieri, Falco cuvieri, Phaeochroa cuvierii, Ramphastos cuvieri, Talegalla cuvieri
- Hugh Cuming - Megapodius cumingii, Phaenicophaeus cumingi
- Roberto Dabbene - Penelope dabbenei
- Theodor Friedrich Dahl - Rhipidura dahli
- Charles Darwin - Nothura darwinii
- Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton - Crax daubentoni
- Armand David - Arborophila davidi
- Adolphe Delegorgue - Coturnix delegorguei
- Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby - Eriocnemis derbyi
- Pierre-Médard Diard - Lophura diardi
- Henry Doubleday (1808-1875) - Cynanthus doubledayi
- David Douglas - Callipepla douglasii
- Bernard du Bus de Gisignies - Dubusia
- Daniel Giraud Elliot - Syrmaticus ellioti
- Theodor Erckel - Francolinus erckelii
- Thomas Campbell Eyton - Dendrocygna eytoni, Xiphorhynchus eytoni
- Otto Finsch - Francolinus finschi
- Eltio Alegondas Forsten - Megapodius forstenii
- Louis de Freycinet - Megapodius freycinet
- William Gambel - Callipepla gambelii
- Mary Ann Grindall Hume - Syrmaticus humiae
- Justin Goudot - Chamaepetes goudotii
- Julius von Haast - Apteryx haastii
- Gustav Hartlaub - Francolinus hartlaubi
- Johann Maria Hildebrandt - Francolinus hildebrandti
- Brian Houghton Hodgson - Perdix hodgsoniae
- Andries Hoogerwerf - Lophura hoogerwerfi
- Isao Iijima - Phylloscopus ijimae
- Peter Kaestner - Grallaria kaestneri
- Jan Kalinowski - Nothoprocta kalinowskii
- Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse - Megapodius laperouse
- Zensaku Katsumata - Polyplectron katsumatae
- John Latham (ornithologist) - Alectura lathami, Francolinus lathami
- Edgar Leopold Layard - Megapodius layardi
- François Le Vaillant - Francolinus levaillantii, Francolinus levaillantoides
- Meriwether Lewis - Melanerpes lewis
- Edmond Drouyn de Lhuys - Lophophorus lhuysii
- Gideon Mantell - Apteryx mantelli
- Chikayoshi Matsudaira - Oceanodroma matsudairae
- Alphonse Milne-Edwards - Lophura edwardsi
- Ludwik Mlokosiewicz - Tetrao mlokosiewiczi
- Richard Owen - Apteryx owenii
- Joseph Barclay Pentland - Nothoprocta pentlandii, Tinamotis pentlandii
- St. John Philby - Alectoris philbyi
- Peter Pritchard - Megapodius pritchardii
- Nikolai Przhevalsky - Grallaria przewalskii, Paradoxornis przewalskii
- Jacques Pucheran - Guttera pucherani
- Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt - Megapodius reinwardt
- Osbert Salvin - Mitu salvini
- Hermann Schlegel - Francolinus schlegelii
- Philip Sclater - Lophophorus sclateri
- Henry Seebohm - Amphilais seebohmi, Atlapetes seebohmi, Bradypterus seebohmi, Cettia seebohmi, Oenanthe seebohmi
- Nikolai Alekseevich Severtzov - Bonasa sewerzowi
- George Ernest Shelley - Francolinus shelleyi
- Alexander Skutch - Skutchia
- Helmut Sick - Terenura sicki
- Samuel Thomas von Sömmering - Syrmaticus soemmerringii
- Pierre Sonnerat - Gallus sonneratii
- Johann Baptist von Spix - Ortalis spixii
- William Swainson - Francolinus swainsonii
- Robert Swinhoe - Lophura swinhoii
- Władysław Taczanowski - Nothoprocta taczanowskii
- Coenraad Jacob Temminck - Tragopan temminckii
- Johann Georg Wagler - Ortalis wagleri
- Alfred Russel Wallace - Megapodius wallacei
- Nathaniel Wallich - Catreus wallichi
- John Xantus de Vesey - Hylocharis xantusii
- José Castulo Zeledón - Phyllomyias zeledoni, Thryothorus zeledoni, Zeledonia
Not Known edit
- Allen - Porphyrio alleni
- Archer - Francolinus archeri, Buteo archeri, Cossypha archeri
- Berg - Sterna bergii
- Charlton - Arborophila charltonii
- Fytch - Bambusicola fytchii
- Germain - Polyplectron germaini
- Harman - Crossoptilon harmani
- Harwood - Francolinus harwoodi
- Jackson - Francolinus jacksoni
- Lafayette - Gallus lafayettii
- Mandell - Arborophila mandellii
- Merlin - Arborophila merlini
- Nahan - Francolinus nahani
- Reeves - Syrmaticus reevesi
- Roll - Arborophila rolli
- Schleiermacher - Polyplectron schleiermacheri
- Swierstra - Francolinus swierstrai