Title

Sharp-tailed sandpiper

Caption

Sharp-tailed sandpiper (Calidris acuminata), Animals, Birds, Waders, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper adult, breeding plumage, foraging on mudflats, Mai Po, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Date

Sep 23, 2014

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/John Holmes

Reference

BRK22F37_407

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53.8Mb (17.9Mb) / 17.7in x 11.8in / 5315 x 3541 (300dpi)

Keywords

Aves Bird Birds Calidris Calidris acuminata Charadriiformes China Chinese East Asia Europe Hong Kong No People People's Republic of China Po Sandpiper Sandpipers Scolopacidae Sharp-tailed sandpiper South China Sea Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong 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 breeding dress breeding plumage breeding season breeding time deserted eat empty fauna feed feeding forage foraging habitat ingestion mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating season mating time mature matures mud muddy natural environment natural environments natural habitat no one nobody nuptial plumage ocean out outdoor outdoors outside rutting season search for food searching for food social behavior social behaviour social behaviours summer summery uninhabited wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography Asia China Seas Italy Pacific Pacific Ocean animal feed animal feeds river rivers shorebird wader wading bird wading birds South Europe Southern Europe sea