A Common bay owl (Phodilus badius), at Penang Bird Park.

Sartores feathery subjects include species from all over the world.

Sartore believes that the future of birds and the future of us are intertwined more than we know.

Bird Species Animal Portraits by Joel Sartore

A “Common bay owl” (Phodilus badius), at Penang Bird Park.

In these portraits, they are equals.

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A critically endangered northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita).

Bird Species Animal Portraits by Joel Sartore

A critically endangered “northern bald ibis” (Geronticus eremita).

White tailed hawk (Geranoaetus albicaudatus), at the National Aviary of Colombia.

A great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) at the New York State Zoo.

A great blue turaco(Corythaeola cristata).

Bird Species Animal Portraits by Joel Sartore

“White tailed hawk” (Geranoaetus albicaudatus), at the National Aviary of Colombia.

A hawk-headed parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus).

A vulnerable female griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus).

Northern white-faced owls (Ptilopsis leucotis).

Bird Species Animal Portraits by Joel Sartore

A “great grey owl” (Strix nebulosa) at the New York State Zoo.

A spotted eagle owl (Bubo africanus) from the Plzen Zoo.

A lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus), at Sylvan Heights Bird Park.

A Eurasian black vulture (Aegypius monachus), at The Living Desert in Palm Desert, California.

Bird Species Animal Portraits by Joel Sartore

A “great blue turaco”(Corythaeola cristata).

A wattled jacana at the National Aviary breeding center.

Indian blue peafowl (Pavo cristatus) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

Joel Sartore holds a rhinoceros auklet, Cerorhinca monocerata, at the Alaska SeaLife Center.

Bird Species Animal Portraits by Joel Sartore

A “hawk-headed parrot” (Deroptyus accipitrinus).

Bird Species Animal Portraits by Joel Sartore

‘A vulnerable female griffon” vulture (Gyps fulvus).

Bird Species Animal Portraits by Joel Sartore

“Northern white-faced owls” (Ptilopsis leucotis).

Bird Species Animal Portraits by Joel Sartore

A “spotted eagle owl” (Bubo africanus) from the Plzen Zoo.

Bird Species Animal Portraits by Joel Sartore

A “lesser white-fronted goose” (Anser erythropus), at Sylvan Heights Bird Park.

Bird Species Animal Portraits by Joel Sartore

A “Eurasian black vulture” (Aegypius monachus), at The Living Desert in Palm Desert, California.

Bird Species Animal Portraits by Joel Sartore

A “wattled jacana” at the National Aviary breeding center.

Bird Species Animal Portraits by Joel Sartore

“Indian blue peafowl” (Pavo cristatus) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

Bird Species Animal Portraits by Joel Sartore

Bird Species Animal Portraits by Joel Sartore

Joel Sartore holds a rhinoceros auklet, Cerorhinca monocerata, at the Alaska SeaLife Center.