Title

Common kingfisher

Caption

Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), adult male, in flight, emerging from the water, with 2 rudd (Scardinius erythropthalamus) as prey in its beak, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

May 03, 2017

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Paul Sawer

Reference

BRK22D07_409

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

703.1Kb (2.5Mb) / 8.3in x 5.6in / 600 x 400 (72dpi)

Keywords

2 Alcedinidae Alcedo atthis Bony fish Bony fishes British Common kingfisher Common kingfishers Common rudd Common rudds Coraciiformes Cyprinid Cyprinidae Cyprinids Eurasian kingfisher Europe Fish Fishes Kingfisher North Europe Northern Europe Osteichthyes Pisces River kingfisher River kingfishers Scardinius erythrophthalmus Suffolk adult adult animal adult animals animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal of prey animals animals in the wild animals of prey behavior behaviour bird photography capture catch catches eat emerge emerging fauna feed feeding flight flights fly flying forage foraging freshwater fish habitat hunt hunting in flight in the air in the beak ingestion male male animal male animals males mature matures mid air mid-adult woman mid-adult women mirror mirror image mirror images mirrored natural environment natural environments natural habitat out outdoor outdoors outside prey prey animal preying preys reflect reflected reflecting reflection reflections search for food searching for food summer summery two underwater photo underwater photos water waters wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography Aves Bird Birds England animal feed animal feeds Great Britain UK United Kingdom