Caption

Black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius), adult male at the breeding cavity, nesting cavity, feeds offspring in an old beech tree, animal behaviour, largest native woodpecker species, woodpecker, old trees, wildlife, native nature, Meerbusch, Rhineland, Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

May 14, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25N01_310

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,9Mb (2,9Mb) / 11,8in x 17,7in / 3544 x 5316 (300dpi)

Keywords

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