Robin Chittenden / Little cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger) near water, Sri Lanka.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Socotra cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis) taking off from the sea, Oman, August

David Pattyn / Darters (Anhinga melanogaster) and Little cormorants (Phalacrocorax niger) sitting on a dead tree in a lake, Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India

David Pattyn / Darters (Anhinga melanogaster) and Little cormorants (Phalacrocorax niger) sitting on a dead tree in a lake, Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India

David Pattyn / Darters (Anhinga melanogaster) and Little cormorants (Phalacrocorax niger) sitting on a dead tree in a lake, Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India

Bernard Castelein / Little cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger), Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Indian shag / cormorant {Phalacrocorax fuscicollis} on water, Tamil Nadu, India

Bernard Castelein / Javanese cormorant (Microcarbo niger) drying wings on a tree trunk, Keoladeo Ghana NP, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India

Flip de Nooyer / Blue-eyed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps) colony on Bird Island, Faro Les Eclaireurs lighthouse in the background, Beagle Channel off of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

Doug Gimesy / Little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) standing on intertidal rocks, feeding on fish prey, Port Philip Bay, Victoria, Australia.

Loic Poidevin / Long-tailed cormorant (Phalacrocorax africanus) perched on Papyrus (Cyperus papyrus). Uganda. July.

Roland Seitre / Three Little black cormorants (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris) perched on a branch, Kerala, India.