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WPY 60 Bird Category Winner

Wildlife Photographer of the Year (WPY) is an annual international wildlife photography competition staged by the Natural History Museum in London, England. It has been described as the most prestigious wildlife photography award in the world.[1][2] The Bird Category competition is a highly competitive event in bird photography.

Major press coverage: BBC[3], CNN[4], Forbes[5], USA Today[6], and National Geographic[7]

Bird Photographer of the Year (BPOY) is known as a prestigious and leading global competition, which celebrates the avian beauty and diversity and the world's best bird photography.[8][9]

Major press coverage: BBC[10], CNN[11], Forbes,[12] The Times,[13] CBS News[14], The Guardian[15], BBC Wildlife Magazine[16], Amateur Photographers[17], and Smithsonian Magazine[18]

The Audubon Photography Awards is referred to as the leading bird photography competition in North America.[19] It is organized by National Audubon Society.

Major press coverage: BBC,[20] Forbes[21], TimeOut[22], PetaPixel[23], and CNN[24]

Winners Of Top Bird Photography Awards

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Year

Wildlife Photographer Of The Year
Bird Category Winners
Bird Photographer Of The Year
Grand Prize Winners
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Audubon Photography Awards
Grand Prize Winners
2024 Jack Zhi[26] Patricia Homonylo Mathew Malwitz[27]
2023 Hadrien Lalagüe[28] Jack Zhi[29] Liron Gertsman[30]
2022 Nick Kanakis[31] Rock Ptarmigan[32] Jack Zhi[33]
2021 Shane Kalyn Alejandro Prieto Carolina Fraser[34]
2020 Jose Luis Ruiz Jiménez Majed Alza’abi Joanna Lentini[35]
2019 Audun Rikardsen Caron Steele Kathrin Swoboda[36]
2018 Thomas P Peschak Pedro Jarque Krebs Steve Mattheis[37]
2017 Gerry Pearce Alejandro Prieto Rojas Deborah Albert[38]
2016 Ganesh H Shankar Andrew Parkinson Bonnie Block[39]
2015 Amir Ben-Dov Melissa Groo[40]
2014 Bence Máté
2013 Isak Pretorius Michael Libbe[41]
2012 Paul Nicklen Alice Cahill[42]
2011 Steve Mills Carol Graham Fryer[43]
2010 Arto Juvonen
2009 Rob Palmer Rob Palmer[44]
2008 Antoni Kasprzak
2007 Louis-Marie Préau
2006 Vincent Munier
2005 Manuel Presti
2004 Jan Vermeer
2003 Nick Oliver
2002 Bernd Zoller
2001 Louis-Marie Préau
2000 Tim Fitzharris
1999 Uwe Walz
1998 Kari Reponen
1997 Torsten Brehm
1996 Derrick Hamrick
1995 Roger Wilmhurst
1994 Mary Ann McDonald
1993 Pål Hermansen
1992 Niall Benvie
1991 Benjamin Pontinen

References

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