Title

Hoopoe

Caption

Hoopoe (Upupa epops) foraging, with field cricket as food for the young birds, adult bird, Bird of the Year 2022, bonnet erected, at the breeding burrow, Central Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Date

May 28, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Thomas Hinsche

Reference

BRK23E15_199

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

44,3Mb (1,6Mb) / 11,7in x 14,7in / 3518 x 4398 (300dpi)

Keywords

Aves 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 Cricket Crickets Ensifera Europe Europe's FRG Field cricket Field crickets German German Federal Republic Germany Gryllidae Gryllus campestris Hoopoe Hoopoes Hornbills and hoopoes Immature Insect Insecta Insects Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve Middle Europe Naturpark No People Orthoptera Pterygota 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 behavior behaviour biosphere reserve Mittlere Elbe bird photography bonnet 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 cap caps cub deserted eat empty erect erected fauna feed feeding fledgling fledglings flying insect flying insects forage foraging foraging for food grasshopper grasshoppers habitat hatchling headgear headgears hunting food incubate incubating ingestion juvenile juvenile bird juveniles locust long-horned grasshopper long-horned grasshoppers looking for food mature matures 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 pterygote insect 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