Ingo Arndt / Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus) flying near mountains, Paine Massif, Torres del Paine, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Glenn Bartley/ BIA / Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager (Anisognathus somptuosus), Andes, Colombia

Glenn Bartley/ BIA / Patagonian Sierra-Finch (Phrygilus patagonicus) male calling, Andes, Chile

Glenn Bartley/ BIA / Moustached Turca (Pteroptochos megapodius) pair, Andes, Chile

Pete Oxford / Long-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus kingi) male, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Cloud forest canopy, Andes, Ecuador

Cyril Ruoso / Queen of the Andes (Puya raymondii) Cordillera Blanca Massif, Andes, Peru, November.

Cyril Ruoso / Chacraraju Mountain summit at 6112 meters, Cordillera Blanca Mountain Range, Andes, Peru

Cyril Ruoso / Blue-and-black Tanager (Tangara vassorii) at 4500 meters, Cordillera Blanca Mountain Range, Andes, Peru

Ben Hall / Chilean flamingos (Phoenicopterus chilensis) in flight over mountain peaks with glacier in the distance, Torres Del Paine National Park, Chile. Winner of Landscape category, Nature's Best / Windland S...

Ben Hall / Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) in flight over mountain peaks, Torres Del Paine National park, Chile.

Oriol Alamany / Chilean huemul or South Andean deer (Hippocamelus bisulcus), Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile. Endangered species