Caption

Green woodpecker (Picus viridis) female feeds young bird in breeding cavity in an old oak tree, wildlife, woodpeckers, woodpecker, nature photography, Neunkirchen, spring, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

May 31, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Friedhelm Adam

Reference

BRK26I72_222

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

72.8Mb (24.3Mb) / 20.6in x 13.7in / 6180 x 4120 (300dpi)

Keywords

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