Caption

Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata), drake, during mating season, on land, Heiligenhaus, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Mar 30, 2021

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Christof Wermter

Reference

BRK26H95_051

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53.4Mb (17.8Mb) / 17.6in x 11.8in / 5289 x 3526 (300dpi)

Keywords

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