Title

Purple sandpiper

Caption

Purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima) in breeding plumage foraging among washed up kelp on the shore in summer

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/alimdi/Arterra

Reference

BRK23A30_388

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

42.5Mb (1.6Mb) / 15.7in x 10.5in / 4722 x 3148 (300dpi)

Keywords

Aves Bird Birds Calidris Calidris maritima Charadriiformes Halimeda No People Phaeophyta Purple Sandpiper Purple Sandpipers Sandpiper Sandpipers Scolopacidae Typical wader Typical waders Wildlife alga algae alternate plumage animal animal behavior animal behaviour animals animals in the wild aquatic macrophyte aquatic plant aquatic plants behavior behaviour bird photography breeding dress breeding plumage breeding season breeding time brown alga brown algae brown seaweed coast coasts deserted eat empty fauna feed feeding forage foraging foraging for food grass kelp habitat hunting food hydrophyte hydrophytic plant ingestion kelp kelp forest kelp forests looking for food mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating plumage mating season mating time natural environment natural environments natural habitat nature no one nobody nuptial plumage plant plants plumage plumages rutting season sea algae sea weed search for food searching for food seaweed seaweeds shore social behavior social behaviour social behaviours summer summery uninhabited water plant waterfront wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography animal feed animal feeds fodder food shorebird wader wading bird wading birds