Caption

Courtship... Hunting pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), male, pheasant cock, standing erect on a small hill, flapping its wings wildly, serves to demarcate territory, claim territory and for courtship, Lower Rhine, Rhine district of Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe, Europe

Date

May 17, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25G12_443

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

29,0Mb (1007,3Kb) / 13,0in x 8,7in / 3899 x 2599 (300dpi)

Keywords

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