Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) attacking a grey heron (Ardea cinerea) in flight and landing on it, to keep it away from its young, which it was trying to hunt, Camargue, France

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Image size: 4547x3033 pixels (15.2"x10.1" @300dpi)

Shooting date : 2022-06-02

Keywords

Individual / Stage of development / Adult

Individual / Nobody

June

Science / Meteorology / Meteorological phenomenon / Sky / blue sky

Species / IUCN Red List of Threatened Species / Low Risk (IUCN) LR / Least Concern (IUCN) LC

Enumeration / Pair

Environment / Biodiversity

Animal / Wild animal / Chordate / Vertebrate / Sauropsid / Bird / Surfbird / Heron / Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)

Animal / Wild animal / Chordate / Vertebrate / Sauropsid / Bird / Small wading shore bird / Stilt / Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

Motion / Locomotion / Flap wings

Balance

Behavior / Protect / Young protection

Europe / European Union / France / Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur / Bouches-du-Rhône 13 / Camargue

Europe / European Union / France / Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur / Bouches-du-Rhône 13

Shot / Overview

Shot / Profile shot

Motion / Locomotion / Fly (to)

Behavior / Attack

Pursue

Posing

Enumeration / Several species

Latin keywords

Eukaryota / Opisthokonta / Metazoa / Bilateria / Coelomata / Deuterostomia / Chordata / Vertebrata / Gnathostomata / Euteleostomi / Sarcopterygii / Rhipidistia / Tetrapodomorpha / Tetrapoda / Sauropsida / Aves / Charadriiformes / Recurvirostridae / Himantopus

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