Caption

Common Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), adult in breeding plumage, with its beak wide open, to clear its gullet after fishing, Hesse, Germany

Date

Mar 04, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/D. Usher

Reference

BRK26G49_321

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

57.7Mb (19.2Mb) / 17.3in x 13.0in / 5184 x 3888 (300dpi)

Keywords

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