Title

Ruff

Caption

Ruff (Philomachus pugnax), 2 males, splendid plumage, 1x white ruff, white headdress, 1x black and white, fluffed up up, wings spread, courtship display, courtship arena, Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark, Northern Norway, Norway, Europe

Date

Jun 07, 2022

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rainer Mueller

Reference

BRK23A87_175

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

93,0Mb (1,9Mb) / 23,3in x 15,5in / 6982 x 4657 (300dpi)

Keywords

2 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 black and white black-and-white black-white 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 fluff fluff up fluffed fluffed up fluffing 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 open wings ornamented ornate outspread outstreched wing overawing perform the courtship display plumage plumages rutting season social behavior social behaviour social behaviours spread out spread wing spreading out spreading wing spreading wings stretching its wing two uninhabited white wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography wing wings wings spread wings spreading woo Northern Norway Varanger shorebird wader wading bird wading birds Finnmark Finnmark County Finnmark Fylke Finnmark provinze Norway Norwegian Scandinavia