Birds of Germany
This guide is based on wikipedia's list of birds of Germany with accidentals removed to keep the guide under 500 entries.
Three-toed Woodpecker
The Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus) is a medium-sized woodpecker.
Black Woodpecker
The Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) is a large woodpecker that lives in mature forest across the northern palearctic. It is the sole representative of its genus in that region. Its range is expanding in Eurasia. It does not migrate. This species is closely related to and fills the same ecological niche in Europe as the Pileated Woodpecker of North America.
White-backed Woodpecker
The White-backed Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos) is a Eurasian woodpecker belonging to the genus Dendrocopos.
Great Spotted Woodpecker
The Great Spotted Woodpecker (or Greater Spotted Woodpecker), Dendrocopos major, is a bird species of the woodpecker family (Picidae). It is distributed throughout Europe and northern Asia, and usually resident year-round except in the colder parts of its range. It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN, being widely distributed and quite common. A significant recent ...more ↓
Middle Spotted Woodpecker
The Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos medius) is a European woodpecker belonging to the genus Dendrocopos.
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
The Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Picoides minor) is a member of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is sometimes assigned to the genus Dendrocopos (sometimes incorrectly spelt as Dendrocopus).
Grey-headed Woodpecker
The Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus), also known as the Grey-faced Woodpecker, is a Eurasian member of the woodpecker family Piciformes.
European Green Woodpecker
The European Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis) is a member of the woodpecker family Picidae. There are four subspecies and it occurs in most parts of Europe and in western Asia. All have green upperparts, paler yellowish underparts, a red crown and moustachial stripe which has a red centre in males but is all black in females.
Eurasian Wryneck
The Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) is a species of wryneck in the woodpecker family. This species breeds in temperate regions of Europe and Asia. Most populations are migratory, wintering in tropical Africa and in southern Asia from Iran to the Indian Subcontinent, but some are resident in northwestern Africa. It is a bird of open countryside, woodland and orchards.
