Title

Adult curlew sandpiper

Caption

Adult curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) moulting into breeding plumage, wading in shallow water, Romania, Europe

Date

Dec 22, 2016

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Mike Lane

Reference

BRK22D12_058

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,9Mb (1,2Mb) / 17,7in x 11,8in / 5315 x 3544 (300dpi)

Keywords

Aves Bird Birds Calidris Calidris ferruginea Charadriiformes Curlew Sandpiper Curlew sandpiper Curlew sandpipers East Europe East European Eastern Europe Eastern European Eurasia Europe No People Romania Sandpiper Sandpipers Scolopacidae Shallow water area Southeast Europe Southeastern Europe Typical wader Typical waders adult adult animal adult animals alternate plumage animal animal behavior animal behaviour animals animals in the wild behavior behaviour bird photography body of water breeding dress breeding plumage breeding season breeding time change changing changing plumage deserted empty exchange fauna feather change habitat in the water in water lateral lateral view mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating season mating time mature matures molt moult moulting moultings natural environment natural environments natural habitat no one nobody nuptial plumage on water out outdoor outdoors outside plumage plumage change plumages rutting season shallow shallow water shallow waters side view side views sideview sidewards sideways social behavior social behaviour social behaviours summer summery uninhabited wade wading wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography Asia Balkan Balkan Peninsula Balkans Curlew Curlews Numenius Romanian Rumanian flat shorebird wader wading bird wading birds water waters