Caption

Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), freshly fledged young bird, still dull plumage colours sitting on a branch in front of a finely resolved yellow-green background, young kingfishers must become independent very quickly, as adult birds breed several times, Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

Jun 21, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK26A39_467

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

34,8Mb (1,1Mb) / 14,2in x 9,5in / 4272 x 2848 (300dpi)

Keywords

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