JIM CLARE / Galapagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) perched, Galapagos

Pal Hermansen / Close up of Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) feathers, with one foot held up, Trondelag, Norway. Winner of the Attention to Detail Category of the Bird Photographer Competition 2019.

Guy Edwardes / Barn owl (Tyto alba) in flight above post and wildflowers, in morning light. The Hawk Conservancy Trust, Hampshire, England, UK. July. Captive.

Alex Mustard / Forster's hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri) on a coral reef. Jackson Reef, Tiran, Sinai, Egypt. Strait of Tiran, Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt.

Ernie Janes / Hummingbird hawk moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) in flight feeding on Verbena flowers, England, UK. July.

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Harris' Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) flying, Texas

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Northern Caracara (Caracara cheriway) pair fighting, Texas

Martin Grimm/ BIA / Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) male flying, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Mark Bowler / Sphinx hawk moth (Hemeroplanes triptolemus) caterpillar, snake mimic species, Amarakaeri Communal Reserve, Maijuna, Rio Napo, Peru

Mark Bowler / Sphinx hawk moth (Hemeroplanes triptolemus) caterpillar, snake mimic species, Amarakaeri Communal Reserve, Maijuna, Rio Napo, Peru

Mark Bowler / Sphinx hawk moth (Hemeroplanes triptolemus) caterpillar, snake mimic species, Amarakaeri Communal Reserve, Maijuna, Rio Napo, Peru

Will Burrard-Lucas / Aerial view of Miombo woodland, Niassa Reserve, Mozambique. Photographed from a Bat Hawk light aircraft. November 2011.