Title

Common kingfisher

Caption

Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) pair, male presents fish as bridal gift to female, courtship, mating, prey, successful hunt, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Date

Mar 28, 2022

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Thomas Hinsche

Reference

BRK22D36_154

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62,8Mb (1,5Mb) / 20,8in x 11,7in / 6248 x 3515 (300dpi)

Keywords

2 2 animals Alcedinidae Alcedo atthis Biosphere Reserve Biosphere Reserve Mittelelbe Biosphere Reserves Central Elbe Biosphere Reserve Central Europe Common kingfisher Common kingfishers Coraciiformes Eurasian kingfisher Europe Europe's FRG Fish Fishes German German Federal Republic Germany Kingfisher Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve Middle Europe No People Pisces Republic of Germany River kingfisher River kingfishers River landscape Elbe Saxony-Anhalt Two Animals Wildlife adult adult animal adult animals animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal couple animal of prey animal pair animal pairs animals animals in the wild animals of prey behavior behaviour biosphere reserve Mittlere Elbe bird photography bridal gift capture catch catches copula copulate copulation couple couples courting courting seasons courtship courtship behavior courtship behaviors courtship behaviour courtship display courtship season courtshiping deserted display display behaviour displaying eat empty fauna feed feeding female female animal female animals females forage foraging foraging for food habitat hunt hunting hunting food imponation imprinting ingestion maiting pair male male animal male animals males mate mating mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating season mating time matings mature matures natural environment natural environments natural habitat natural preserve nature conservation area nature reserve nature reserves no one nobody overawing pair pair of animals pairing perform the courtship display present presenting prey prey animal preying preys reproduction reproductions rutting season search for food searching for food sex sexual intercourse social behavior social behaviour social behaviours success successes successful successfully two uninhabited wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography woo Aves Bird Birds East Germany Eastern Germany Unesco-Biosphaerenreservat animal feed animal feeds fodder food