Caption

Close-up of a pygmy merganser (Mergellus albellus) in the water grooming its plumage with water droplets on its black and white feathers, captive, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Jan 31, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Christian Kosanetzky

Reference

BRK26A12_491

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

107,3Mb (5,5Mb) / 25,0in x 16,7in / 7500 x 5000 (300dpi)

Keywords

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