Title

Hoopoe

Caption

Hoopoe (Upupa epops) foraging, with caterpillar as food, Bird of the Year 2022, flying, at breeding burrow, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Date

Jun 13, 2022

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Thomas Hinsche

Reference

BRK23B95_342

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

83,5Mb (1,7Mb) / 22,1in x 14,7in / 6615 x 4410 (300dpi)

Keywords

Biosphere Reserve Biosphere Reserve Mittelelbe Biosphere Reserves Biosphaerenreservat Mittelelbe Bird of the Year Bucerotiformes Butterflies Butterfly Central Elbe Biosphere Reserve Central Europe Europe Europe's FRG German German Federal Republic Germany Hoopoe Hoopoes Hornbills and hoopoes Insect Insecta Insects Lepidoptera Lepidopteran Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve Middle Europe Naturpark No People Republic of Germany River landscape Elbe Saxony-Anhalt Upupa epops Wildlife animal animal behavior animal behaviour animals animals in the wild behavior behaviour biosphere reserve Mittlere Elbe bird photography breed breeding breeding area breeding burrow breeding burrows breeding cavity breeding ground breeding grounds breeding place breeding season breeding site breeding time breedings brood den butterfly caterpillar caterpillar caterpillars deserted development developments eat empty fauna feed feeding flight flights fly flying forage foraging foraging for food growth habitat hunting food in a flight in flight in the air in the sky incubate incubating ingestion larva larvae looking for food metamorphoses metamorphosis mid air natural environment natural environments natural habitat natural preserve natural preserves natural reserve nature nature conservation area nature park nature reserve nature reserves nest nest hole nesting nesting hole nesting holes nesting place nesting site nesting sites no one nobody protected area reserve reserves sanctury search for food searching for food uninhabited wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography Aves Bird Birds East Germany Eastern Germany Unesco-Biosphaerenreservat animal feed animal feeds fodder food UNESCO