Title

Common kingfisher

Caption

Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) Indicator of clean flowing waters, young bird, territorial dispute, habitat, flying gem, sitting on branch, lurking, foraging, River Landscape Central Elbe, Biosphere Reserve Central Elbe, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Date

Aug 23, 2014

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Thomas Hinsche

Reference

BRK23B47_370

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

105,8Mb (961,5Kb) / 24,8in x 16,6in / 7450 x 4966 (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 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 auf battle battles behavior behaviour belligerent biosphere reserve Mittlere Elbe bird photography body of water bough branch branches clean countryside course of a river cub defend territory defending its territory deserted eat empty fauna feed feeding fight fighting fighting for territory fighting over territory 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 mid air natural environment natural environments natural habitat natural preserve natural reserve nature conservation area nature reserve nature reserves no one nobody offspring perched precious stone pup river river course river scenery riverine landscape rivers scenery search for food searching for food semi-precious stone sit sitting stalk suckling territorial behavior territorial behaviors territorial behaviour territorial dispute territorial fight territorial fights territoriality territories territory 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 clear fodder food posture postures river Elbe water waters UNESCO