Birds of Germany

Birds Of Germany

This is a list of the bird species recorded in Germany. The avifauna of Germany includes a total of 514 species, of which 11 have been introduced by humans, and 204 are rare or accidental in Germany and are not included in the species count. 14 species are globally threatened.

This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of Clements's 5th edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflects this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for Germany.

The following tags have been used to highlight certain relevant categories. The commonly occurring, native, species do not fall into any of these categories.

  • (A) Accidental A species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Germany.
  • (I) Introduced A species introduced to Germany as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions.


Table of contents

Non-passerines: Loons . Grebes . Albatrosses . Shearwaters and Petrels . Storm-Petrels . Pelicans . Boobies and Gannets . Cormorants . Bitterns, Herons and Egrets . Storks . Ibises and Spoonbills . Ducks, Geese and Swans . Osprey . Hawks, Kites and Eagles . Caracaras and Falcons . Turkeys . Grouse . New World quails . Pheasants and Partridges . Cranes . #Rails, crakes, gallinules, and coots . Bustards . Oystercatchers . Avocets and Stilts . Thick-knees . Pratincoles and Coursers . Plovers and Lapwings . Sandpipers and allies . Skuas and Jaegers . Gulls . Terns . Auks, Murres, and Puffins . Sandgrouse . Pigeons and Doves . Parrots, Macaws and allies . Cuckoos and Anis . Barn owls . Typical owls . Nightjars . Swifts . Kingfishers . Bee-eaters . Typical Rollers . Hoopoes . Woodpeckers and allies .

Passerines: Larks . Swallows and Martins . Wagtails and Pipits . Kinglets . Waxwings . Dippers . Wrens . Mockingbirds and Thrashers . Accentors . Thrushes and allies . Cisticolas and allies . Old World warblers . Old World flycatchers . Parrotbills . Long-tailed tits . Chickadees and Titmice . Nuthatches . Wallcreeper . Treecreepers . Penduline tits . Old World Orioles . Shrikes . Crows, Jays, Ravens and Magpies . Starlings . Vireos . New World warblers . Buntings, Sparrows, Seedeaters and allies . Saltators, Cardinals and allies . Siskins, Crossbills and allies . Sparrows .

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Read more about Birds Of Germany:  Loons, Grebes, Albatrosses, Shearwaters and Petrels, Storm-Petrels, Pelicans, Boobies and Gannets, Cormorants, Bitterns, Herons and Egrets, Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills, Ducks, Geese and Swans, Osprey, Hawks, Kites and Eagles, Caracaras and Falcons, Turkeys, Grouse, New World Quails, Pheasants and Partridges, Cranes, Rails, Crakes, Gallinules, and Coots, Bustards, Oystercatchers, Avocets and Stilts, Thick-knees, Pratincoles and Coursers, Plovers and Lapwings, Sandpipers and Allies, Skuas and Jaegers, Gulls, Terns, Auks, Murres, and Puffins, Sandgrouse, Pigeons and Doves, Parrots, Macaws and Allies, Cuckoos and Anis, Barn Owls, Typical Owls, Nightjars, Swifts, Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Typical Rollers, Hoopoes, Woodpeckers and Allies, Larks, Swallows and Martins, Wagtails and Pipits, Kinglets, Waxwings, Dippers, Wrens, Mockingbirds and Thrashers, Accentors, Thrushes and Allies, Cisticolas and Allies, Old World Warblers, Old World Flycatchers, Parrotbills, Long-tailed Tits, Chickadees and Titmice, Nuthatches, Wallcreeper, Treecreepers, Penduline Tits, Old World Orioles, Shrikes, Crows, Jays, Ravens and Magpies, Starlings, Vireos, New World Warblers, Buntings, Sparrows, Seedeaters and Allies, Saltators, Cardinals and Allies, Siskins, Crossbills and Allies, Sparrows

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