Falcons and the Arab Influence by Brent Stirton – 2019 World Press Photo Contest, nature, stories category winner
A wild Saker falcon mother and her chicks high over the steppe of Central Mongolia. The Saker falcon is the only species in the genus falco with an endangered listing in the IUCN red list, because a population trend analysis has indicated that it may be undergoing a very rapid decline, particularly in Central Asia, with unsustainable capture for the falcon trade considered to be one of the causal factors. Electrocution via power lines is a larger issue, killing millions of birds every year
Photograph: Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic/2019 World Press Photo Contest
