Caption

Hoopoe (Upupa epops) Bird of the Year 2022, male with food, bridal gift, mating, courtship, foraging, erected canopy against the light, sunrise, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date

May 19, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Thomas Hinsche

Reference

BRK26F72_201

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

40.0Mb (13.3Mb) / 11.1in x 13.9in / 3344 x 4180 (300dpi)

Keywords

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