Caption

Bright red eyes... Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) in beautiful breeding plumage, summer dress, rare, relatively unknown native waterfowl of the grebe genus, pair, couple, swimming breast to breast opposite, typical courtship behaviour, waterfowl, native nature, Lower Rhine, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe, Europe

Date

Apr 02, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25G08_251

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

42,4Mb (1,4Mb) / 15,7in x 10,5in / 4713 x 3142 (300dpi)

Keywords

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