Caption

Beauty on the lake... Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata), colourful, brightly coloured drake in courtship display, stretches its head up to show off its beautiful plumage, wild duck also widespread in Europe, original home East Asia, native nature, Lower Rhine, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

Nov 22, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25H64_419

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

101,8Mb (3,5Mb) / 24,4in x 16,2in / 7305 x 4870 (300dpi)

Keywords

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