Caption

Black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius), adult male, sits in typical pose in front of his breeding cavity in an old beech tree, uses stable supporting tail for additional support, largest native woodpecker species, woodpecker, requires old trees as habitat for reproduction and foraging, wildlife, native nature, Meerbusch, Rhineland, Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

May 15, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25N01_300

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

66,8Mb (3,0Mb) / 16,1in x 16,1in / 4833 x 4833 (300dpi)

Keywords

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