The individual lists differ - species that are endangered in one federal state may not be endangered in another. For this reason, I will limit my presentation here to the lists of Baden-Württemberg and the complete list of Germany, i.e. birds shown here are on at least one of the two lists. However, the respective photographs may also have been taken in other federal states or in Switzerland. Birds on the early warning list or species that only occur in very limited regions, such as purple herons or bee-eaters, are not included.
Even if birds are extinct in a federal state, they may still be found there. One example of this is the bittern, which is extinct as a breeding bird in Baden-Württemberg, but winters in some places in the state.
In Germany, 88 bird species are on the 2020 list, with a further 12 on the early warning list. Baden-Württemberg's latest list dates back to 2019, with "only" 76 species on the Red List, but 25 on the early warning list. This includes species such as the tree sparrow, black-headed gull, mallard, pochard and kestrel...
On this page you'll find the birds of the Red List of Germany. For birds of the Red List of Baden-Württemberg I've created a special page.
Please forgive me if not every picture is of the best quality. Some species are rare and I am happy if I get a presentable picture at all.
| Category | Name | Name (scientific) | |
| Extinct | Atlantic puffin | Fratercula arctica | |
| European roller | Coracias garrulus | ||
| Eurasian dotterel | Charadrius morinellus | ||
| Eurasian griffon vulture | Gyps fulvus | ||
| Great snipe | Gallinago media | ||
| Lesser grey shrike | Lanius minor | ||
| Little bustard | Tetrax tetrax | ||
| Northern bald ibis | Geronticus eremita | ||
| Red-legged partridge | Alectoris rufa | ||
| Roseate tern | Sterna dougallii | ||
| Rock sparrow | Petronia petronia | ||
| Ruddy turnstone | Arenaria interpres | ||
| Saker falcon | Falco cherrug | ||
| Short-toed snake eagle | Circaetus gallicus | ||
| Critically endangered | Aquatic warbler | Acrocephalus paludicola | |
| Barred warbler | Sylvia nisoria | ||
| Arctic tern | Sterna paradisaea | ||
| Black-tailed godwit | Limosa limosa | ||
| Caspian tern | Hydroprogne caspia | ||
| Common snipe | Gallinago gallinago | ||
| Common ringed plover | Charadrius hiaticula | ||
| Common rock thrush | Monticola saxatilis | ||
| Corn crake | Crex crex | ||
| Crested lark | Galerida cristata | ||
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | ||
| Eurasian penduline tit | Remiz pendulinus | ||
| European golden plover | Pluvialis apricaria | ||
| Eurasian curlew | Numenius arquata | ||
| Eurasian stone-curlew | Burhinus oedicnemu | ||
| Ferruginous duck | Aythya nyroca | ||
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | ||
| Great bustard | Otis tarda | ||
| Great grey shrike | Lanius excubitor | ||
| Gull-billed tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | ||
| Hen harrier | Circus cyaneus | ||
| Kentish plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | ||
| Lesser spotted eagle | Clanga pomarina | ||
| Little tern | Sternula albifrons | ||
| Northern wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | ||
| Rock bunting | Emberiza cia | ||
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | ||
| Sandwich tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | ||
| Short-eared owl | Asio flammeus | ||
| Tawny pipit | Anthus campestris | ||
| Wood sandpiper | Tringa glareola | ||
| Woodchat shrike | Lanius senator | ||
| Western capercaillie | Tetrao urogallus | ||
| Endangered | Black-crowned night heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Black grouse | Lyrurus tetrix | ||
| Black-legged kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | ||
| Common grasshopper warbler | Locustella naevia | ||
| Common sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | ||
| Common redshank | Tringa totanus | ||
| Common tern | Sterna hirundo | ||
| Grey partridge | Perdix perdix | ||
| European turtle dove | Streptopelia turtur | ||
| Grey-headed woodpecker | Picus canus | ||
| Hazel grouse | Tetrastes bonasia | ||
| Meadow pipit | Anthus pratensis | ||
| Montagu's harrier | Circus pygargus | ||
| Northern lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | ||
| Northern pintail | Anas acuta | ||
| Ortolan bunting | Emberiza hortulana | ||
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | ||
| White-backed woodpecker | Dendrocopos leucotos | ||
| Vulnerable | Black tern | Chlidonias niger | |
| Black-necked grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | ||
| Cirl bunting | Emberiza cirlus | ||
| Citril finch | Carduelis citrinella | ||
| Collared flycatcher | Ficedula albicollis | ||
| Common linnet | Linaria cannabina | ||
| Common merganser | Mergus merganser | ||
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | ||
| Eurasian bittern | Botaurus stellaris | ||
| Eurasian hobby | Falco subbuteo | ||
| Eurasian hoopoe | Upupa epops | ||
| Eurasian skylark | Alauda arvensis | ||
| Eurasian teal | Anas crecca | ||
| Eurasian wryneck | Jynx torquilla | ||
| European nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | ||
| European pied flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | ||
| Lesser spotted woodpecker | Dryobates minor | ||
| Little bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | ||
| Little crake | Porzana parva | ||
| Northern shoveler | Spatula clypeata | ||
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | ||
| Spotted crake | Porzana porzana | ||
| Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | ||
| Western house martin | Delichon urbicum | ||
| Vorwarnliste | Barn swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Common moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | ||
| Common pochard | Aythya ferina | ||
| Common quail | Coturnix coturnix | ||
| Common rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus | ||
| Corn bunting | Emberiza calandra | ||
| Eurasian golden oriole | Oriolus oriolus | ||
| Eurasian woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | ||
| European herring gull | Larus argentatus | ||
| European honey buzzard | Pernis apivorus | ||
| Pied avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | ||
| Little owl | Athene noctua | ||
| Little ringed plover | Charadrius dubius | ||
| Spotted flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | ||
| Thrush nightingale | Luscinia luscinia | ||
| Tree pipit | Anthus trivialis | ||
| Tree sparrow | Passer montanus | ||
| Water rail | Rallus aquaticus | ||
| White stork | Ciconia ciconia | ||
| Woodlark | Lullula arborea |
