Title

Arctic tern

Caption

Arctic tern (Sterna paradisea) adult, breeding plumage, in flight, aggressive behaviour towards photographer at nesting site, Snaefellsnes peninsula, Iceland, Europe

Date

Apr 11, 2016

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Terry Whittaker

Reference

BRK22F84_231

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,8Mb (1,4Mb) / 11,8in x 17,7in / 3537 x 5315 (300dpi)

Keywords

1 1st Arctic tern Arctic terns Aves Bird Birds Caucasian Charadriiformes Europe European Europeans Iceland Sterna paradisaea Sternidae Tern Terns adult aggression aggressions aggressive alternate plumage animal animal behavior animal behaviour animals animals in the wild attack position attacking battle battles behavior behaviour belligerent bird photography breeding area breeding dress breeding ground breeding grounds breeding plumage breeding site danger dangerous dangers defend defending fauna female female tourist female tourists females fight fighting flight flights fly flying full body full body length full body lengths full length habitat in flight in the air mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating season mating time mid air mid-adult woman mid-adult women move movement movements moving natural environment natural environments natural habitat nesting site nesting sites nuptial plumage one out outdoor outdoors outside peninsula peninsulas photographer photographers rutting season seabird seabirds social behavior social behaviour social behaviours summer summery tourism tourist touristic touristical tourists wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography woman women Human being Icelandic North Europe Northern Europe People attack attacks person persons posture postures shorebird wader wading bird wading birds