Jacquie Withers, The rare and elusive Leaf Faced Cockatoo (ENTRIES CLOSED - December theme: Your favourite shot of '25)

Legend has it that the leaves are an adaptation so that the individual cockatoo cannot be identified when causing mischief. Also a way of telling photographers to “go away” that’s more than enough photos for one day.

Images have been resized for web display, which may cause some loss of image quality. Note: Original high-resolution images are used for judging.