Title

Ruff

Caption

Ruff (Philomachus pugnax), male, splendid plumage, black headdress, black ruff, puffed up, courtship display, courtship arena, Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark, North Norway, Norway, Europe

Date

Jun 02, 2022

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rainer Mueller

Reference

BRK23A72_276

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

94,3Mb (4,4Mb) / 23,4in x 15,6in / 7031 x 4690 (300dpi)

Keywords

Aves Bird Birds Charadriiformes Courtship territories Courtship territory Europe Europe's Mating Arena No People North Europe Northern Europe Philomachus pugnax Ruff Ruffs Sandpiper Sandpipers Scandinavian Scolopacidae Troms og Finnmark Varanger peninsula Wildlife adorned adult male alternate plumage animal animal behavior animal behaviour animals animals in the wild behavior behaviour bird photography black breeding dress breeding plumage breeding season breeding time caparisoned courting courting seasons courtship courtship behavior courtship behaviors courtship behaviour courtship display courtship season courtshiping decorated decoration decorations decorative decorative item decoratively deserted display display behaviour displaying embellished embellishment embellishments empty fauna habitat headdress headdresses imponation imprinting lek male male animal male animals males mating mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating plumage mating season mating time natural environment natural environments natural habitat no one nobody nordic nuptial plumage ornamented ornate overawing perform the courtship display plumage plumages rutting season social behavior social behaviour social behaviours uninhabited wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography woo Northern Norway Varanger shorebird wader wading bird wading birds Finnmark Finnmark County Finnmark Fylke Finnmark provinze Norway Norwegian Scandinavia