Caption

Hoopoe (Upupa epops) handing over food to the young, begging young birds, mating, Bird of the Year 2022, summer meadow, with beetle as prey, sunrise, flower meadow, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Date

Jun 02, 2019

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Thomas Hinsche

Reference

BRK25B45_178

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30,8Mb (1,2Mb) / 13,4in x 8,9in / 4018 x 2679 (300dpi)

Keywords

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