Title

Common kingfisher

Caption

Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), adult male, feeding, strikes rudd (Scardinius erythropthalamus) prey against branch, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

Jan 07, 2014

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Paul Sawer

Reference

BRK22F00_078

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,9Mb (18,0Mb) / 17,7in x 11,8in / 5315 x 3545 (300dpi)

Keywords

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 beat behavior behaviour bird photography bough branch branches capture catch catches crash eat fauna feed feeding forage foraging freshwater fish habitat hit hitting 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 prey prey animal preying preys search for food searching for food strike tree branch under water underwater underwater photo underwater photos underwater world underwater worlds wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography Aves Bird Birds England animal feed animal feeds Great Britain UK United Kingdom