Title

Common Kingfisher

Caption

Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) adult male, hitting Common Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) prey, perched on branch, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

Feb 27, 2017

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Paul Sawer

Reference

BRK22D38_293

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,9Mb (2,4Mb) / 17,7in x 11,8in / 5315 x 3544 (300dpi)

Keywords

Alcedinidae Alcedo atthis Bony fish Bony fishes British Common kingfisher Common kingfishers Common rudd Common rudds Coraciiformes Cyprinid Cyprinidae Cyprinids Eurasia Eurasian kingfisher Fish Fishes Kingfisher North Europe Northern Europe Osteichthyes Pisces River kingfisher River kingfishers Scardinius erythrophthalmus Suffolk Wildlife 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 bough branch branches capture catch catches eat fauna feed feeding forage foraging foraging for food freshwater fish habitat hit hitting hunt hunting hunting food ingestion male male animal male animals males mature matures mid-adult woman mid-adult women natural environment natural environments natural habitat out outdoor outdoors outside perched prey prey animal preying preys search for food searching for food sit sitting strike tree branch under water underwater underwater photo underwater photos underwater world underwater worlds wet wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography Asia Aves Bird Birds England Europe animal feed animal feeds Great Britain UK United Kingdom