Caption

Hoopoe (Upupa epops) Bird of the Year 2022, male bringing food for the female, courtship gift, prey, foraging, in flight, sunrise, interaction, feeding, climate change, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date

Jun 26, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Thomas Hinsche

Reference

BRK26H22_370

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

48.0Mb (16.0Mb) / 18.2in x 10.2in / 5463 x 3073 (300dpi)

Keywords

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