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.