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.
Little Crake
The Little Crake (Porzana parva) is a very small waterbird of the family Rallidae. Their breeding habitat is reed beds in Europe, mainly in the east, and just into western Asia. This species is migratory, wintering in Africa.
Baillon's Crake
The Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla) is a very small waterbird of the family Rallidae.
Water Rail
The Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus) is a bird of the rail family which breeds in well-vegetated wetlands across Europe, Asia and North Africa. Northern and eastern populations are migratory, but this species is a permanent resident in the warmer parts of its breeding range. The adult is 23–28 cm (9–11 in) long, and, like other rails, has a body that is flattened laterally, ...more ↓
Eurasian Moorhen
The Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) (also known as the "swamp chicken") is bird species in the Rallidae family. It is distributed across many parts of the Old World.
Corn Crake
The Corn Crake, Corncrake or Landrail (Crex crex) is a bird in the rail family. It breeds in Europe and Asia as far east as western China, and migrates to Africa for the northern hemisphere's winter. It is a medium-sized crake with buff- or grey-streaked brownish-black upperparts, chestnut markings on the wings, and blue-grey underparts with rust-coloured and white ...more ↓
Eurasian Coot
The Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra), also known as Coot, is a member of the rail and crake bird family, the Rallidae. The Australian subspecies is known as the Australian Coot.
Common Crane
The Common Crane (Grus grus), also known as the Eurasian Crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes. A medium-sized species, it is the only crane commonly found in Europe besides the Demoiselle Crane. It is also one of only four crane species (with the Sandhill and Demoiselle Cranes and the Brolga) not currently classified as threatened with extinction or ...more ↓
