Title

Black grouse

Caption

Black grouse (Tetrao tetrix), adult male, breeding at lek in Taiga swamp, Finland, Europe

Date

Feb 23, 2015

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Malcolm Schuyl

Reference

BRK22F90_393

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53.8Mb (879.3Kb) / 17.7in x 11.8in / 5315 x 3537 (300dpi)

Keywords

Aves Bird Birds Black Grouse cock Black Grouse cocks Black cock Black grouse Blackcock Blackgame Courtship territories Courtship territory Europe Finland Grouse Grouses Lyrurus tetrix Male Black Grouse Phasianidae Plumage care Taiga Swamp Tetrao tetrix Tetraoninae adult adult animal adult animals animal animal behavior animal behaviour animals animals in the wild behavior behaviour biotope biotopes bird photography bog boggy cock cocks courting courting seasons courtship courtship display courtship season courtshiping display displaying fauna habitat lek male male animal male animals males marsh area marshland marshy mating mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating season mating time mature matures moor muddy natural environment natural environments natural habitat out outdoor outdoors outside perform the courtship display rooster rutting season social behavior social behaviour social behaviours swamp swamps swampy wetland wetlands wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography woo Finnish Galliformes Scandinavia Taiga Taigas courtship behavior courtship behaviors courtship behaviour display behaviour galliforms gallinaceous birds gamebirds gamefowl imprinting landfowl overawing plumage plumages North Europe Northern Europe