Caption

Waiting in the nest... two white barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) with normally coloured siblings in a swallow's nest in an old barn, snow-white birds with a rare genetic defect, leucism, native birds, wildlife, nature, Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

Jun 13, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25H86_465

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

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

Keywords

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