Title

Hoopoe

Caption

Hoopoe (Upupa epops) Foraging on the ground, with beetle larvae as food for the young birds, adult bird, Bird of the Year 2022, erected bonnet, at the breeding cavity, Central Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Date

Jun 05, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Thomas Hinsche

Reference

BRK23E15_019

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

119,0Mb (2,5Mb) / 26,3in x 17,6in / 7900 x 5266 (300dpi)

Keywords

Aves Beetle Beetles Biosphere Park Biosphere Reserve Biosphere Reserve Mittelelbe Biosphere Reserves Biosphaerenreservat Mittelelbe Bird Bird of the Year Birds Breeding Brood Bucerotiformes Central Elbe Biosphere Reserve Central Europe Coleoptera Europe Europe's FRG German German Federal Republic Germany Hoopoe Hoopoes Hornbills and hoopoes Immature Insect Insecta Insects Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve Middle Europe Naturpark No People Republic of Germany River landscape Elbe Saxony-Anhalt Upupa epops Wildlife adult adult animal adult animals adult bird adult birds animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal child animals animals in the wild beetle larva beetle larvae behavior behaviour biosphere reserve Mittlere Elbe bird photography bonnet bottom breed breeding breeding area breeding burrow breeding burrows breeding cavity breeding ground breeding grounds breeding place breeding season breeding site breeding time breedings brood den bug cap caps cub deserted development developments eat empty erect erected fauna feed feeding fledgling fledglings forage foraging foraging for food ground grounds growth habitat hatchling headgear headgears hunting food incubate incubating ingestion juvenile juvenile bird juveniles larva larvae looking for food mature matures metamorphoses metamorphosis natural environment natural environments natural habitat natural preserve natural preserves natural reserve nature nature conservation area nature park nature reserve nature reserves nest nest hole nesting nesting hole nesting holes nesting place nesting site nesting sites no one nobody offspring old animal protected area pup reserve reserves sanctuary search for food searching for food suckling uninhabited upright upstanding wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography young young animal young animals young bird youngster yuvenile East Germany Eastern Germany Unesco-Biosphaerenreservat animal feed animal feeds fodder food UNESCO