Caption

Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), mature male, perched on a branch, flapping its wings and vibrating its tail feathers, displaying to a female, in its breeding territory, North Hesse, Germany

Date

May 23, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/D. Usher

Reference

BRK26J04_488

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

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

Keywords

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