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.

Common Pochard

The Common Pochard (Aythya ferina) is a medium-sized diving duck.

Tufted Duck

The Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) is a medium-sized diving duck with a population of close to one million birds.

Greater Scaup

The Greater Scaup (Aythya marila), just Scaup in Europe, or colloquially "Bluebill" in North America for its bright blue bill, is a mid-sized diving duck though it is larger than the closely related Lesser Scaup. It is a circumpolar species, which means that its range circles one of Earth's poles. It spends the summer months breeding in Alaska, northern Canada, Siberia, ...more ↓

Ferruginous Duck

The Ferruginous Duck, also Ferruginous Pochard (Aythya nyroca) is a medium-sized diving duck from Eurasia. The species is known colloquially by birders as "Fudge Duck".

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