Title

Common kingfisher

Caption

Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) Indicator of clean flowing waters, juvenile birds with stickleback as prey, habitat, flying gem, hunting, foraging, River Landscape Middle Elbe, Biosphere Reserve Middle Elbe, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Date

Aug 16, 2014

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Thomas Hinsche

Reference

BRK23B46_428

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

45,3Mb (1,2Mb) / 16,2in x 10,8in / 4871 x 3247 (300dpi)

Keywords

Alcedinidae Alcedo atthis Biosphere Reserve Biosphere Reserve Mittelelbe Biosphere Reserves Biosphaerenreservat Mittelelbe Bony fish Bony fishes Breeding Brood Central Elbe Biosphere Reserve Central Europe Common kingfisher Common kingfishers Coraciiformes Eurasian kingfisher Europe Europe's FRG Fish Fishes Gasterosteidae German German Federal Republic Germany Immature Kingfisher Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve Middle Europe Mittelelbe No People Osteichthyes Pisces Republic of Germany River kingfisher River kingfishers River landscape River landscape Elbe River landscapes Saxony-Anhalt Wildlife animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal child animal of prey animals animals in the wild animals of prey behavior behaviour biosphere reserve Mittlere Elbe bird photography body of water capture catch catches clean countryside course of a river cub deserted eat empty fauna feed feeding fledgling fledglings flight flights fly flying forage foraging foraging for food gem gemstone gemstones habitat hatchling hunt hunting hunting food in a flight in flight in the air in the sky ingestion juvenile juvenile bird juveniles landscape landscape photo landscape shot landscapes looking for food mid air natural environment natural environments natural habitat natural preserve natural reserve nature conservation area nature reserve nature reserves no one nobody offspring precious stone prey prey animal preying preys pup river river course river scenery riverine landscape rivers scenery search for food searching for food semi-precious stone stickleback sticklebacks suckling uninhabited wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography young young animal young animals young bird youngster yuvenile Aves Bird Birds East Germany Eastern Germany Elbe Unesco-Biosphaerenreservat animal feed animal feeds clear fodder food river Elbe water waters UNESCO