Caption

Copulating, mating ducks... Gadwall (Anas strepera), relatively common native wild duck species, male pushes the female for copulation, mating almost completely under water, holding on to her head with his beak, native nature, Lower Rhine, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

Apr 06, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25H97_051

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

36,4Mb (1,0Mb) / 14,6in x 9,7in / 4368 x 2912 (300dpi)

Keywords

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