Caption

Bird on stone covered with white and patterned plumage, ruff (Calidris pugnax, Syn.: Philomachus pugnax), courtship display, France, Europe

Date

May 23, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Ronald Wittek

Reference

BRK25F56_224

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

53.9Mb (3.8Mb) / 17.7in x 11.8in / 5315 x 3543 (300dpi)

Keywords

deserted no one No People nobody uninhabited empty white stone stones rock rocks Philomachus pugnax Ruff Ruffs Calidris pugnax Aves Bird Birds wild animal wild animals animals in the wild Wildlife animal behaviour animal animals wildlife fauna Europe Europe's courtship season courting seasons Scolopacidae Sandpiper Sandpipers courtship display display courtship behavior courtship behaviour courtship behaviors France Charadriiformes Charadriiformes Charadriiformes european social behaviour social behavior social behaviours display behaviour overawing imprinting imponation plumage plumages Calidris Typical wader Typical waders Calidris courtship mating courting courtshiping court courts courtships courtship display display displaying displays woos woo wooing wildlife photography wildlife photography covered covers covered cover covering covers display displaying displays natural environment natural habitat habitat natural environments mating behavior mating behaviour mating season mating time mating period rutting season wading bird wading birds wader waders shorebird shorebird bird photography Western europe