Title

Common kingfisher

Caption

Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) Indicator of clean flowing waters, two squabbling young birds, territorial dispute, habitat, flying gem, flapping its wings, River Landscape Middle Elbe, Biosphere Reserve Middle Elbe, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Date

Aug 16, 2014

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Thomas Hinsche

Reference

BRK23B43_326

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

134,1Mb (1,7Mb) / 20,4in x 25,5in / 6124 x 7656 (300dpi)

Keywords

2 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 No People Republic of Germany River kingfisher River kingfishers River landscape River landscape Elbe River landscapes Saxony-Anhalt Territory fight Wildlife aggression aggressions aggressive animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal child animals animals in the wild attack position battle battles behavior behaviour belligerent biosphere reserve Mittlere Elbe bird photography body of water clean countryside course of a river cub defend territory defending its territory deserted empty fauna fight fighting fighting for territory fighting over territory flap wings flapping wings, flapping its wings flaps its wings fledgling fledglings flight flights fly flying gem gemstone gemstones habitat hatchling in a flight in flight in the air in the sky juvenile juvenile bird juveniles landscape landscape photo landscape shot landscapes mid air natural environment natural environments natural habitat natural preserve natural reserve nature conservation area nature reserve nature reserves no one nobody offspring open wings outspread outstreched wing precious stone pup river river course river scenery riverine landscape rivers scenery semi-precious stone spread out spread wing spreading out spreading wing spreading wings stretching its wing suckling territorial behavior territorial behaviors territorial behaviour territorial dispute territorial fight territorial fights territoriality territories territory two uninhabited wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography wing wings wings spread wings spreading young young animal young animals young bird youngster yuvenile Aves Bird Birds East Germany Eastern Germany Elbe Unesco-Biosphaerenreservat clear posture postures river Elbe water waters UNESCO