Overview

• The National Audubon Society announced winners of its 16th annual contest, now split into Chile and Colombia and U.S. and Canada pools.
• Grand Prizes went to Felipe Esteban Toledo Alarcón for a Ringed Kingfisher and to Liron Gertsman for Magnificent Frigatebirds.
• Judges awarded nine prizes to entrants from Chile and Colombia and eight to photographers from the United States and Canada.
• New honors included Birds Without Borders and a Conservation Prize, underscoring a hemispheric emphasis on migratory species and habitats.
• Audubon framed the showcase as a conservation alert, citing the loss of three billion North American birds and risks to hundreds of Latin American and Caribbean species, and said 2026 entries open January 15.