Caption

Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata), pair during mating season, in the water, shortly in front of copulation, Heiligenhaus, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Mar 30, 2021

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Christof Wermter

Reference

BRK26G68_475

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

39.9Mb (13.3Mb) / 15.2in x 10.2in / 4573 x 3049 (300dpi)

Keywords

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