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This is a list of the bird species recorded in Germany. The avifauna of Germany include a total of 555 confirmed species as of May 2023, according to Club 300, a German birdwatching association, with supplemental additions from Avibase. [ 1 ]
A red kite skull. Red kite, falconry Adlerwarte Obernberg am Inn, Upper Austria. Red kites are 60 to 70 cm (24 to 28 in) long [14] with a 175–195 cm (69–77 in) wingspan; males weigh 800–1,200 g (28–42 oz), and females 1,000–1,300 g (35–46 oz). [3] It is an elegant bird, soaring on long wings held at a dihedral, and long forked tail ...
Raven. A raven is any of several larger-bodied passerine bird species in the genus Corvus. These species do not form a single taxonomic group within the genus. There is no consistent distinction between crows and ravens; the two names are assigned to different species chiefly based on their size. The largest raven species are the common raven ...
Country Name of bird Scientific name Official status Picture Ref. Afghanistan Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes Albania Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes Angola Red-crested turaco Tauraco erythrolophus Yes Anguilla Zenaida dove Zenaida aurita Yes Antigua and Barbuda Magnificent frigatebird Fregata magnificens Yes Argentina Rufous hornero Furnarius rufus Yes [8] Aruba "Prikichi" Brown ...
The common crane is a large, stately bird and a medium-sized crane. It is 100–130 cm (39–51 in) long with a 180–240 cm (71–94 in) wingspan. The body weight can range from 3 to 6.1 kg (6.6 to 13.4 lb), with the nominate subspecies averaging around 5.4 kg (12 lb) and the eastern subspecies (G. g. lilfordi) averaging 4.6 kg (10 lb).
Contents. Coat of arms of Germany. The coat of arms of Germany displays a black eagle with a red beak, a red tongue and red feet on a golden field, which is blazoned: Or, an eagle displayed sable beaked langued and membered gules. This is the Bundesadler (German for 'Federal Eagle'), formerly known as Reichsadler (German ...
The common blackbird (Turdus merula) is a species of true thrush. It is also called the Eurasian blackbird (especially in North America, to distinguish it from the unrelated New World blackbirds), [ 2 ] or simply the blackbird where this does not lead to confusion with a similar-looking local species. It breeds in Europe, western Asia, and ...
The Handbuch der Vögel Mitteleuropas (Handbook of the Birds of Central Europe, HBV) is a German-language scholarly handbook on the birds of Central Europe.For the purposes of the book, the Central European region is defined as the states of Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Switzerland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Liechtenstein.