SIMPLY COMPLEX

Northern Pygmy-owl Glaucidium californicum. Okanogan Highlands, Washington, United States of America.

Adam Stunkel, United States of America. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

WINDOWS OF WONDER

Great Grey Owl Strix nebulosa. Wallowa–Whitman National Forest, Oregon, United States of America.

Adam Stunkel, United States of America. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

CAROLINA WREN AND MORSEL

Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus. Houston, Texas, United States of America.

Alan Murphy, United States of America. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

PECTORAL SANDPIPER

Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos. Utqiagvik, Alaska, United States of America.

Alan Murphy, United States of America. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

SEASIDE SPARROW ON STILTS

Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima. Galveston County, Texas, United States of America.

Alan Murphy, United States of America. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

UNDER THE RAIN

Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus. Lagarto, Costa Rica.

Alessandro Chiezzi, Italy. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

THE WAVE

Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata. Ronneby, Sweden.

Anders Blomdahl, Sweden. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

WINTER WALK

Mute Swan Cygnus olor. Derbyshire, United Kingdom.

Andrew Parkinson, United Kingdom. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

LINNET IN GORSE

Common Linnet Linaria cannabina. United Kingdom.

Andy Rouse, United Kingdom. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

INQUISITIVE OWL

Collared Scops-owl Otus lettia. Ranthambhore, India.

Andy Rouse, United Kingdom. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

FAIRY LOVE

Fairy Tern Sturnula nereis. Boatswainbird Island, Ascension Island.

Ben Hall, United Kingdom. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

COMMON GRASSHOPPER-WARBLER

Common Grasshopper-warbler Locustella naevia. Staffordshire, United Kingdom.

Benjamin Dalgleish, United Kingdom. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

SAVANNAH SUNRISE

Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis. Kelligrews, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Brad James, Canada. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

ALL COLOURS

Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus. Seville, Spain.

Carlos Cifuentes Torres, Spain. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

FIRST LIGHT

Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis. Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.

David Wesson, United Kingdom. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

DANCE OF THE EMPEROR

Himalayan Monal Lophophorus impejanus. Chopta, Uttarakhand, India.

Dhairya Jhaveri, India. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

SERANADE

Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula. Évian-les-Bains, France.

Fabien Dubessy, France. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

UNEXPECTED NEST

Tawny Owl Strix aluco. Annicco, Cremona, Italy.

Francesco Filippo Pellegrini, Italy. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

SERIOUS MATTERS

Razorbill Alca torda. Saltee Islands, Ireland.

Francis De Andrés, Spain. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

WHITE-BILLED DIVER

Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii. Indigirka River, Chokurdakh, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia.

Frank Dröge, the Netherlands. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

WESTERN SANDPIPER

Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri. Utqiagvik, Alaska, United States of America.

Frank Dröge, The Netherlands. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

PIED FALCONET

Pied Falconet Microhierax melanoleucos. Wuyuan, Jiangxi, China.

Gary Zeng, Canada. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

ON THE MOVE

Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus. Mandurah Estuary, Western Australia, Australia.

Glenn Pure, Australia. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

BLACK AND WHITE… AND ORANGE

Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus. Esperance, Western Australia, Australia.

Glenn Pure, Australia. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

RUNNING ON ICE

Common Coot Fulica atra. Stockholm, Uppland, Sweden.

Ivan Sjögren, Sweden. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

MORNING ON THE BEACH

Snowy Egret Egretta thula. Florida, United Sates of America.

Jakub Hodan, Czech Republic. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

COLOURS

Wilson’s Bird-of-paradise Cicinnurus respublica. Waigeo, West Papua, Indonesia.

Jonas Landolt, Switzerland. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

A LOON OF MANY COLOURS

Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata. Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America.

Joshua Galicki, United States of America. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

SMALL BUT MIGHTY

Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis. Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Joshua Galicki, United States of America. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

PUTTING MY LOBES DOWN!

Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata. Blackwater Wildlife Refuge, Maryland, United States of America.

Joshua Galicki, United States of America. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

ALIEN LOON

Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica. Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America.

Joshua Galicki, United States of America. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

KEEPING A WATCHFUL EYE

Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis. Cambridge, Maryland, United States of America.

Joshua Galicki, United States of America. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

NATURE’S PAINTING

European Bee-eater Merops apiaster. Bulgaria.

Kalin Botev, Bulgaria. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

SQUABBLING KEA

Kea Nestor notabilis. Southern Alps, New Zealand.

Keith Collins, United Kingdom. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

SUNRISE ACROSS THE SHINGLE

Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres. Norfolk, United Kingdom.

Kevin Sawford, United Kingdom. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

GANG OF NINE

Black Skimmer Rynchops niger. Bunche Beach Preserve, Fort Myers, Florida, United States of America.

Lee Dalton, United Kingdom. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

ANGRY BIRD

White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla. Kowal, Poland.

Łukasz Jabłoński, Poland. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

GRASSLAND RAMP WALK

Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius. Tal Chhapar Sanctuary, Rajasthan, India.

M. V. Shreeram, India. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

BIG–SMALL

Northern Gannet Morus bassanus. Saltee Islands, Ireland.

Manuel Enrique González Carmona, Spain. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

A DOUBLE PORTRAIT

Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus. Hokkaido, Japan.

Marcel Burkhardt, Switzerland. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

BLUE CRANE

Blue Crane Anthropoides paradiseus. Overberg, South Africa.

Marco Valentini, Italy. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

EARED GREBE WITH A PIGGY-BACKING CHICK

Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis. Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge, Montana, United States of America.

Marie Read, United States of America. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

SIX GROUSE A-PERCHING

Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix. Suomussalmi, Finland.

Markus Varesvuo, Finland. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

TONGUE IN CHEEK?

Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis. La Jolla, California, United States of America.

Matthew Filosa, United States of America. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

ALLEN’S HUMMINGBIRD

Allen’s Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin. Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area, Encino, California, United States of America.

Mitch Walters, United States of America. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

HARBOUR DIVER

Common Loon Gavia immer. Newlyn Harbour, Cornwall, United Kingdom.

Peter Menear, United Kingdom. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

ARCTIC TERN

Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea. Svalbard, Norway.

Renato Granieri, United Kingdom. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL

Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus. Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.

Serge Chenard, Canada. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

MORE VALUABLE ALIVE THAN DEAD

Grey Peacock-pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum. Tongbiguan Nature Reserve, Dehong, Yunnan, China.

Staffan Widstrand, Sweden. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

NAIL-BITING

Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax. Pusztaszer, Hungary.

Steen Torner, Denmark. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

THE GHOST OF THE TUNDRA

Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus. Barrie, Ontario, Canada.

Terje Kolaas, Norway. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

SLEEPING OFF THE FALL

Eurasian Collared-dove Streptopelia decaocto. Inderøy, Trøndelag, Norway.

Terje Kolaas, Norway. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

THE LAST VIEW FOR AN UNLUCKY FISH

Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus. Walvis Bay, Namibia.

Terje Kolaas, Norway. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

WILLET IN THE SURF

Willet Tringa semipalmata. Sanibel Island, Florida, United States of America.

Terry Wall, United Kingdom. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

SAFFRON TOUCANET

Saffron Toucanet Pteroglossus bailloni. São Paulo, Brazil.

Thomas Rajan, United States of America. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

GODWIT AT DAWN

Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa. Alberta, Canada.

Tim Hopwood, Canada. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

PINT-SIZED PREDATOR

Northern Pygmy-owl Glaucidium californicum. Alberta, Canada.

Tim Hopwood, Canada. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

AVOCET AT DAWN

American Avocet Recurvirostra americana. Alberta, Canada.

Tim Hopwood, Canada. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

YELLOW GOLD IN SNOW

Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella. Stockholm, Sweden.

Tomas Lundquist, Sweden. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

PEEPING CREATURE

Spotted Owlet Athene brama. Goa, India.

Tomasz Szpila, Italy. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

AN ORTHODOX PLOVER

Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola. Point Walter, Western Australia, Australia.

Tristan Stringer, Australia. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

MORNING SHAKE

Fairy Tern Sternula nereis. Point Walter, Western Australia, Australia.

Tristan Stringer, Australia. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

FEEDING IN WINTER TIME

Song Thrush Turdus philomelos. Évian-les-Bains, France.

Victor Ortega, France. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

SHINING LIKE THE SUN

Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria. Tordino River, Giulianova, Italy.

Vincenzo Iacovoni, Italy. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

IN GREEN

Grey-faced Woodpecker Picus canus. Donja Zdenčina, Zagreb, Croatia.

Vlado Pirsa, Croatia. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

ENDURANCE

Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis. Kho Kadong, Thailand.

Wanchanok Suvarnakara, Thailand. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

MOLUCCAN DWARF-KINGFISHER

Moluccan Dwarf-kingfisher Ceyx lepidus. Halmahera, North Maluku, Indonesia.

Wang Bin, Singapore. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

FLUFFBALL

Malay Banded Pitta Hydrornis irena. Si Phang Nga National Park, Thailand.

Wang Bin, Singapore. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

SILHOUETTE

Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus. Catalonia, Spain.

Xavier Bertrana, Spain. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.

REDHEAD

Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense. Chennai, India.

Zhayynn James, India. Category: Best Portrait. Commended.