Title

Purple sandpiper

Caption

Purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima) in breeding plumage showing camouflage colours on the arctic tundra in summer, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Europe

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/alimdi/Arterra

Reference

BRK23C05_151

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

63,1Mb (3,2Mb) / 19,2in x 12,8in / 5752 x 3834 (300dpi)

Keywords

1 animal Arctic Calidris Calidris maritima Charadriiformes Coastal scene Colourfully Europe Europe's Jan Mayen No People North Europe Northern Europe Norway Partial View Portrait shot Purple Sandpiper Purple Sandpipers Sandpiper Sandpipers Scandinavian Scolopacidae Spitsbergen Spitsbergen Island Svalbard Svalbard Archipelago Svalbard and Jan Mayen Typical wader Typical waders Vest Spitsbergen adaption adaptions alternate plumage animal behavior animal behaviour animal portrait animal portraits archipelago behavior behaviour breeding breeding area breeding dress breeding ground breeding grounds breeding place breeding plumage breeding season breeding site breeding time breedings camouflage camouflage color camouflage colors camouflage colour camouflaged camouflaging coast coastal coastal area coastal areas coastal landscape coastal region coastline coastlines coasts color colored colorful colorfully colors colour coloured colourful countryside cropped deserted different coloured direct look eat empty eye contact face to face facing facing camera facing each other feed feeding forage foraging foraging for food gazes group of islands groups of islands head head portrait head shot head shots heads hunting food in the water in water ingestion island island group islands landscape landscape photo landscape shot landscapes lilac look look at looking at camera looking at the camera looking for food looking out looks looks at the camera looks in the camera looks into looks into the camera mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating plumage mating season mating time multi-colored multi-coloured multicoloured nature nest nesting nesting place nesting site nesting sites no one nobody nordic nuptial plumage observe on water one animal portrait portrait of an animal portrait photo portraits purple rutting season scenery search for food searching for food shore shoreline social behavior social behaviour social behaviours summer summery tundra uninhabited variegated view view over violet wade wading watching water waters Norwegian Scandinavia animal feed animal feeds fodder food polar circle polar circles polar region polar regions shorebird wader wading bird wading birds