Title

Lesser spotted woodpecker

Caption

Lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor), adult female, with ants and larvae in beak at nest hole, Bulgaria, Europe

Date

Mar 20, 2014

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Mark Sisson

Reference

BRK22E90_209

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,9Mb (18,0Mb) / 11,8in x 17,7in / 3542 x 5315 (300dpi)

Keywords

Ant Ants Aves Balkan Balkan Peninsula Balkans Bird Birds Bulgaria Bulgarian Camponotus detritus Carpenter ant Dendrocopos minor East Europe East European Eastern Europe Eastern European Europe Formicidae Hymenoptera Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers Lesser spotted woodpecker Nest hole Nest holes Piciformes Picinae Southeast Europe Southeastern Europe Woodpecker Woodpeckers adult adult animal adult animals animal animals bird's nest bird-nest birds' nests breed breeding area breeding burrow breeding burrows breeding cavity breeding ground breeding grounds breeding season breeding site breeding time development developments female female animal female animals females growth hole holes in the beak incubate incubating ingestion larva larvae mature matures metamorphoses metamorphosis nest nest hole nesting nesting hole nesting holes nesting site nesting sites nests out outdoor outdoors outside Insect Insecta Insects Picid Picidae Picids animal feed animal feeds breeding breedings eat feed feeding