Title

Two common kingfishers

Caption

Two common kingfishers (Alcedo atthis) fight for territory in the air and in the water with interlocking beaks, female, territorial fight, river Lahn, Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Date

Nov 10, 2022

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Joern Friederich

Reference

BRK23A67_335

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

92,4Mb (3,7Mb) / 23,2in x 15,5in / 6960 x 4640 (300dpi)

Keywords

2 Alcedinidae Alcedo atthis Central Europe Common kingfisher Common kingfishers Coraciiformes Eurasian kingfisher Europe Europe's FRG German German Federal Republic Germany Kingfisher Lahn Lahn River Middle Europe No People Republic of Germany River kingfisher River kingfishers Territory fight Wetzlar Wildlife affectionate aggression aggressions aggressive animal animal behavior animal behaviour animals animals in the wild attack position battle battles beak beaks behavior behaviour belligerent bill bill and coo billing and cooing bird photography defend territory defending its territory deserted empty fauna female female animal female animals females fight fighting fighting for territory fighting over territory flight flights fly flying habitat in a flight in flight in the air in the sky in the water in water loving lovingly mid air natural environment natural environments natural habitat no one nobody on water river rivers social behavior social behaviour social behaviours tender tenderness territorial behavior territorial behaviors territorial behaviour territorial dispute territorial fight territorial fights territoriality territories territory two uninhabited water waters wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography Aves Bird Birds Hesse Hessen Hessia affection love posture postures