John Waters / Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) adult female hiding behind tree trunk, trained bird, Somerset, UK, January

Loic Poidevin / Malagasy paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone mutata)perched on branch, Madagascar.

Loic Poidevin / Malagasy paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone mutata)white phase, male perched on branch, Madagascar.

Steven David Miller / Willie Wagtail / Black and White fantail (Rhipidura leucophrys) juvenile perched on branch, Muloorina Station, Oodnadatta Track, South Australia

Dietmar Nill / Collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis) male at nest hole, Germany

Dietmar Nill / Collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis) male calling, perched, Germany

Nick Garbutt / Male Ward's flycatcher (Pseudobias wardi). Mantadia NP, Madagascar.