Caption

Hoopoe (Upupa epops) with food for the young birds, with beetle larva as prey, adult bird, Bird of the Year 2022, erected cap, grapevine, heathland, sand hill, sand bath, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Date

Jun 03, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Thomas Hinsche

Reference

BRK24F52_446

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,4Mb (2,5Mb) / 12,9in x 16,1in / 3865 x 4831 (300dpi)

Keywords

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