Staffan Widstrand / Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) in Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India

Bernard Castelein / Indian cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis) flying close to the water surface intending to dip water and bringing it to the chicks in its nest, Keoladeo NP, Bharatpur, India

Bernard Castelein / Indian cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis) Keoladeo NP, Bharatpur, India

Bernard Castelein / Indian cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis) drying wings, Keoladeo NP, Bharatpur, India

Axel Gomille / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) squabbling with Little cormorant (Microcarbo / Phalacrocorax niger) Keoladeo national park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India

Tui De Roy / American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) pair in courtship, group of three feeding, Punta Cormorant, Floreana Island, Galapagos

Tui De Roy / American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) group of four in flight, Punta Cormorant, Floreana Island, Galapagos

Tui De Roy / American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) group of four in flight, Punta Cormorant, Floreana Island, Galapagos

Tui De Roy / American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) profile, Punta Cormorant, Floreana Island, Galapagos

Tui De Roy / American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) two feeding on the shore, Punta Cormorant, Floreana Island, Galapagos

Tui De Roy / American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) feeding, Punta Cormorant, Floreana Island, Galapagos

Tui De Roy / American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) in flight, Punta Cormorant, Floreana Island, Galapagos

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.

Roland Seitre / Javanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger) perched on branch, Mysore, India.

Frederique Olivier / Small group of Indian ocean bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) hunting in shallow water behind a flock of Pied cormorants (Phalacrocorax varius), Cape Peron National Park, Western Australia.