Title

Red-necked Phalarope

Caption

Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus), female eats twitching mosquitoes from water surface, Myvatn, Iceland, Europe

Date

Jun 02, 2014

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/W. Wisniewski

Reference

BRK21B55_437

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,9Mb (1,5Mb) / 17,7in x 11,8in / 5315 x 3543 (300dpi)

Keywords

Aves Bird Birds Charadriiformes Chironomidae Diptera Europe Flies Fly Iceland Insect Insecta Insects Lake Myvatn Long-horned flies Long-horned fly Myvatn Myvatni Myvatn Myvatni Nematocera No People Nordurland eystra North Iceland Northeast Iceland Northeastern Region Northern Iceland Norourland eystra Phalaropus lobatus Pterygota Red-necked Phalarope Red-necked Phalaropes Sandpiper Sandpipers Scolopacidae True fly adult adults alternate plumage animal animal behavior animal behaviour animals animals in the wild behavior behaviour bird photography breeding plumage breeding season breeding time chironomids deserted empty fauna females flying insect flying insects foraging habitat ingestion lake flies mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating season mating time mature natural environment natural environments natural habitat no one nobody nonbiting midges nuptial plumage out pterygote insect rutting season search for food searching for food side view side views sideview sidewards sideways social behavior social behaviour social behaviours swim swimming uninhabited water water surface water surfaces wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography Icelandic North Europe Northern Europe animal feed animal feeds feed feeding female female animal female animals island state island states shorebird wader wading bird wading birds