Caption

Along the stream... Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), iridescent, particularly colourful native bird that lives in clean waters with sufficient small fish, on which the kingfisher prefers to feed, builds nests in burrows that it digs itself in embankments, Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

Jun 21, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK26A39_473

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

36,4Mb (1,4Mb) / 9,7in x 14,6in / 2912 x 4368 (300dpi)

Keywords

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