Doug Gimesy / Jacky Hunt, specialist in bird rescue and rehabilitation, with two Boobook owls (Ninox boobook), which she is providing temporary accommodation for in her factory. These birds were evacuated from the...

Doug Gimesy / Jacky Hunt, a specialist in bird rescue and rehabilitation, with two Boobook owls (Ninox boobook), which she is providing temporary accommodation for in her factory. These birds were evacuated from th...

Cyril Ruoso / White-browed hawk owl (Ninox superciliaris) perched in tree. Berenty Reserve, Madagascar.

David Tipling / Morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae) Keri Keri, North Island, New Zealand November

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Brown hawk owl (Ninox scutulata) pair on branch, India, January.

Eric Sohn Joo Tan / Christmas Boobook (Ninox natalis) owl, Christmas Island, Australia

Brent Stephenson / Two fledgling Morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae) chicks huddle together in a sunlit daytime roost. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, December.

Mark Carwardine / Southern boobook owl / Morepork / Ruru (Ninox novaeseelandiae) Kauri Park, North Island, New Zealand, endemic

Mark Carwardine / Southern boobook owl / Morepork / Ruru (Ninox novaeseelandiae) Kauri Park, North Island, New Zealand, endemic

Mark Carwardine / Southern boobook owl / Morepork / Ruru (Ninox novaeseelandiae) Kauri Park, North Island, New Zealand, endemic

Mark Carwardine / Southern Boobook owl / Morepork / Ruru (Ninox novaeseelandiae) Kauri Park, North Island, New Zealand, endemic

Mark Carwardine / Southern boobook owl / Morepork / Ruru (Ninox novaeseelandiae) Kauri Park, North Island, New Zealand, endemic