Caption

Common Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), adult male 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

BRK26G65_033

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

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

Keywords

deserted male animal beak water bird Bird wild animal animal Hesse German wildlife Europe open male Pelecaniformes european plumage adult Germany wide open wildlife photography natural environment nuptial plumage bird photography Central Europe Great Cormorant cormorants Suliformes no one bill waterfowl animals in the wild Hessen fauna opened German Federal Republic habitat breeding plumage Middle Europe cormorant Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoraciformes No People adult male aquatic bird Wildlife Hessia Republic of Germany torn up natural habitat alternate plumage Black cormorant shags nobody FRG breeding dress Great black cormorant uninhabited mating plumage empty splendid dress male animals beaks water birds Birds wild animals animals males plumages natural environments Great cormorants waterfowls aquatic birds Black cormorants BRD Great black cormorants Europe's splendid plumage