Title

Great Curlew

Caption

Great Curlew (Numenius arquata orientalis) adult, non-breeding plumage, with prey in beak, walking on mudflats, May Po, New Territories, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Date

Dec 22, 2016

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/John Holmes

Reference

BRK22D08_072

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

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

Keywords

Aves Bird Birds Charadriiformes China Chinese Curlew Curlews East Asia Eurasia Eurasian curlew Eurasian curlews Hong Kong Mudflats No People Numenius Numenius arquata People's Republic of China Po Sandpiper Sandpipers Scolopacidae South China Sea Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong adult adult animal adult animals animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal of prey animals animals in the wild animals of prey behavior behaviour big bird photography capture catch catches coast coasts deserted eat empty fauna feed feeding forage foraging go going great habitat in the beak ingestion large lateral lateral view mature matures mud muddy natural environment natural environments natural habitat new no one nobody ocean out outdoor outdoors outside plumage plumages prey prey animal preying preys search for food searching for food side view side views sideview sidewards sideways uninhabited western curlew wetland wetlands wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography winter plumage Asia China Seas Europe Italy Pacific Pacific Ocean Wadden Sea animal feed animal feeds intertidal zone mudflat mudflat landscape river rivers shorebird tideland tidelands wader wading bird wading birds South Europe Southern Europe