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

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

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.

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