Caption

Short crest... Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), generally known, typical meadow limicole, wading bird, meadow bird that also breeds inland, female with short decorative feathers on the head, increasingly endangered, already disappeared in many places after habitat loss, dramatic population decline, native nature, Rhineland, Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

Apr 17, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25M96_475

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

46,2Mb (2,0Mb) / 16,4in x 10,9in / 4928 x 3280 (300dpi)

Keywords

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