Caption

Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) with wet plumage, has just returned from an unsuccessful dive to its perching branch, typical behaviour, kingfishers often use perching to hunt for prey, often small fish, in the water below them, young bird still needs to gain experience, frontal view, Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe, Europe

Date

Jun 22, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25G12_171

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

37,9Mb (925,7Kb) / 14,9in x 9,9in / 4456 x 2971 (300dpi)

Keywords

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