Title

Common kingfisher

Caption

Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) sitting on branch and lying in wait for prey, foraging, hunting, fledgling, flying gem, portrait, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Date

Aug 16, 2014

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Thomas Hinsche

Reference

BRK23B38_227

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

35.9Mb (493.8Kb) / 10.6in x 13.2in / 3170 x 3963 (300dpi)

Keywords

1 animal Alcedinidae Alcedo atthis Biosphere Reserve Biosphere Reserve Mittelelbe Biosphere Reserves Biosphaerenreservat Mittelelbe Breeding Brood Central Elbe Biosphere Reserve Central Europe Common kingfisher Common kingfishers Coraciiformes Eurasian kingfisher Europe Europe's FRG German German Federal Republic Germany Immature Kingfisher Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve Middle Europe Naturpark No People Partial View Portrait shot Republic of Germany River kingfisher River kingfishers River landscape Elbe Saxony-Anhalt Wildlife animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal child animal of prey animal portrait animal portraits animals animals in the wild animals of prey auf behavior behaviour biosphere reserve Mittlere Elbe bird photography bough branch branches capture catch catches cropped cub deserted direct look eat empty eye contact face to face facing facing camera facing each other fauna feed feeding fledgling fledglings flight flights fly flying forage foraging foraging for food gazes gem gemstone gemstones habitat hatchling head head portrait head shot head shots heads hunt hunting hunting food in a flight in flight in the air in the sky ingestion juvenile juvenile bird juveniles look look at looking at camera looking at the camera looking for food looking out looks looks at the camera looks in the camera looks into looks into the camera lurk lurking lurking position lying in wait mid air natural environment natural environments natural habitat natural preserve natural preserves natural reserve nature nature conservation area nature park nature reserve nature reserves no one nobody observe offspring one animal perched portrait portrait of an animal portrait photo portraits precious stone prey prey animal preying preys protected area pup reserve reserves sanctury search for food searching for food semi-precious stone sit sitting stalk suckling tree branch uninhabited view view over watching wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography young young animal young animals young bird youngster yuvenile Aves Bird Birds East Germany Eastern Germany Unesco-Biosphaerenreservat animal feed animal feeds fodder food UNESCO