Title

Ruff

Caption

Ruff (Philomachus pugnax), courtship display, 4 males, male with white ruff, white headdress, jumps high, splendid plumage, courtship site, courtship arena, Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark, Northern Norway, Norway, Europe

Date

Jun 02, 2022

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rainer Mueller

Reference

BRK23A87_380

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

80,0Mb (3,3Mb) / 21,6in x 14,4in / 6476 x 4319 (300dpi)

Keywords

4 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 breeding dress breeding plumage breeding season breeding time bunch of 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 four habitat headdress headdresses high imponation imprinting jump jump out jumping leap lek male male animal male animals males mating mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating plumage mating season mating time multiple natural environment natural environments natural habitat no one nobody nordic nuptial plumage ornamented ornate overawing perform the courtship display plumage plumages rutting season several social behavior social behaviour social behaviours springing tall uninhabited white 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