Caption

Surprising encounter... Red-breasted Merganser (Mergellus albellus), male in splendid plumage, breeding plumage, male bird, water bird, regular, rather rare winter visitor to the Lower Rhine in North Rhine-Westphalia, smallest merganser species, native nature, Lower Rhine, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

May 07, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25H57_097

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

34,8Mb (1,2Mb) / 14,2in x 9,5in / 4272 x 2848 (300dpi)

Keywords

deserted rare marvel surprise male animal Duck water bird Bird wild animal animal nature North Rhine-Westphalia German wildlife Europe Smew Merganser male european Rhineland meeting plumage Germany wildlife photography Niederrhein natural environment nuptial plumage winter visitor bird photography Central Europe duck bird geese bird Western europe smallest no one surprised waterfowl animals in the wild open air NRW fauna Typical merganser German Federal Republic Lower Rhine habitat breeding plumage Middle Europe No People amazed adult male aquatic bird Wildlife Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia encounter Republic of Germany natural habitat alternate plumage nobody astonished North-Rhine Westphalia FRG breeding dress uninhabited stunned mating plumage empty dumbfounded splendid dress puzzled rarest marveling marvelling surprising surprises male animals Ducks water birds Birds wild animals animals Smews Mergansers males meetings plumages natural environments winter visitors duck birds waterfowls aquatic birds BRD marvels Europe's splendid plumage amazement