Caption

Impressive beak... Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) on the hunt, the beak is a deadly weapon, either the kingfisher grabs its prey in a dive with the beak or spears it, kingfishers hunt mainly fish, but also insects and amphibians, Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

Apr 11, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK26A39_496

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

59,1Mb (1,7Mb) / 18,6in x 12,4in / 5568 x 3712 (300dpi)

Keywords

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