Title

Whiskered Tern

Caption

Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) adult pair, breeding plumage, male in flight, presenting Northern Pike (Esox lucius) fry to female, at nest amongst aquatic vegetation, Danube Delta, Tulcea, Romania, Europe

Date

Mar 29, 2016

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Malcolm Schuyl

Reference

BRK22G14_232

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,8Mb (603,3Kb) / 17,7in x 11,8in / 5315 x 3537 (300dpi)

Keywords

2 Aves Biosphere Reserve Biosphere Reserves Bird Birds Bony fish Bony fishes Charadriiformes Chlidonias hybrida Clupeocephala Danube Danube Delta Danube River Delta Danube river Danubia river East Europe East European Eastern Europe Eastern European Esociformes Esox lucius Europe Fish Fishes Juvenile Neopterygii Northern pike Osteichthyes Pickerel Pike Pikes Pisces Romania Southeast Europe Southeastern Europe Sternidae Tern Terns Tulcea Tulcea County Whiskered Tern Whiskered Terns adult adult animal adult animals alluvial land alluvium alternate plumage animal animal behavior animal behaviour animals animals in the wild aquatic macrophyte aquatic plant aquatic plants aquatic vegatation behavior behaviour bird photography bird's nest bird-nest birds' nests breeding area breeding dress breeding ground breeding grounds breeding plumage breeding season breeding site breeding time countryside couple couples delta deltas estuaries estuary fauna female females flight flights fly flying freshwater fish habitat hydrophyte hydrophytic plant in flight in the air landscape landscapes male male animal male animals males marsh marshland mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating season mating time mature matures mid air mid-adult woman mid-adult women mouth natural environment natural environments natural habitat natural landscape natural landscapes natural preserve nature conservation area nature reserve nature reserves nest nesting site nesting sites nests nuptial plumage out outdoor outdoors outside pair predator present presenting river river delta river mouth rivers rutting season scenery seabird seabirds social behavior social behaviour social behaviours summer summery two under water underwater underwater photo underwater photos underwater world underwater worlds vegetation vegetations water plant water vegatation wetland wetlands wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography Actinopterygii Balkan Balkan Peninsula Balkans Euteleostei Ray-finned fish Ray-finned fishes Romanian Rumanian Teleost Teleostei euteleosts shorebird teleosts wader wading bird wading birds young