Title

Common kingfisher

Caption

Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) sitting on branch and lying in wait for prey, foraging, hunting, fledgling, flying gem, Middle Elbe River Landscape, purple loosestrife on bank, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Date

Aug 16, 2014

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Thomas Hinsche

Reference

BRK23B42_417

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

102,3Mb (1,4Mb) / 26,6in x 15,0in / 7974 x 4486 (300dpi)

Keywords

Alcedinidae Alcedo atthis Biosphere Reserve Biosphere Reserve Mittelelbe Biosphere Reserves Biosphaerenreservat Mittelelbe Breeding Brood Central Elbe Biosphere Reserve Central Europe Common kingfisher Common kingfishers Coraciiformes Eurasian kingfisher Europe Europe's FRG German German Federal Republic Germany Immature Kingfisher Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve Middle Europe Mittelelbe Naturpark No People Republic of Germany River kingfisher River kingfishers River landscape River landscape Elbe River landscapes Saxony-Anhalt Wildlife animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal child animal of prey animals animals in the wild animals of prey auf behavior behaviour biosphere reserve Mittlere Elbe bird photography body of water bough branch branches capture catch catches countryside course of a river cub deserted eat empty fauna feed feeding fledgling fledglings flight flights fly flying forage foraging foraging for food gem gemstone gemstones habitat hatchling hunt hunting hunting food in a flight in flight in the air in the sky ingestion juvenile juvenile bird juveniles landscape landscape photo landscape shot landscapes looking for food lurk lurking lurking position lying in wait mid air natural environment natural environments natural habitat natural preserve natural preserves natural reserve nature nature conservation area nature park nature reserve nature reserves no one nobody offspring perched precious stone prey prey animal preying preys protected area pup reserve reserves river river course river scenery riverine landscape rivers sanctury scenery search for food searching for food semi-precious stone sit sitting stalk suckling tree branch uninhabited wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography young young animal young animals young bird youngster yuvenile Aves Bird Birds East Germany Eastern Germany Elbe Unesco-Biosphaerenreservat animal feed animal feeds fodder food river Elbe water waters UNESCO