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ML205130251 IBC 1436828
Contributor
Josep del Hoyo Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Camargue--Parc ornithologique du Pont de Gau
Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Tags
- Nest
Media notes
A pair killing a chick in the nest!. We don't know if the adults in this photo are the actual parents of the chick, but this behaviour (infanticide) has been reported a number of times in this species, as well as in other herons, specially in early nesting attempts with only one surviving chick. Videograb. Elevation: 0 m. Date added to IBC: November 20, 2017.
Observation details
IBC scientific name: Ardea cinerea cinerea.
Collection
Internet Bird Collection (IBC)
Technical information
- Dimensions
- 3645 pixels x 2160 pixels
- Original file size
- 979.54 KB