Caption

Western yellow wagtail, blue-headed wagtail (Motacilla flava flava) adult male in breeding plumage with praying mantis prey in beak in spring

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/alimdi / Arterra / Philippe Clement

Reference

BRK24A49_252

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

34,3Mb (496,7Kb) / 16,9in x 7,9in / 5082 x 2357 (300dpi)

Keywords

Aves Bird Birds Blue-headed Wagtail Blue-headed Wagtails European mantis European mantises Human being Insect Insecta Insects Mantes Mantis Mantis religiosa Mantises Mantodea Meadow wagtail Motacilla flava Motacilla flava flava No People Oscine Passeri Passeriformes Passerine Passerines People Praying mantis Songbird Songbirds Western yellow wagtail Wildlife Yellow wagtail adult alternate plumage animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal feed animal feeds animal of prey animals animals in the wild animals of prey beak behavior behaviour bird photography breeding dress breeding plumage breeding season breeding time capture catch catches deserted empty fauna feeding fodder food forage foraging foraging for food guy habitat hunting food in the beak ingestion looking for food male males man mante mantis mantises mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating plumage mating season mating time men natural environment natural environments natural habitat no one nobody nuptial plumage person persons plumage plumages prey prey animal preying preys rutting season search for food searching for food social behavior social behaviour social behaviours splendid dress spring springtime stilt stilts uninhabited west western wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography