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.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Little / Javanese cormorant {Microcarbo niger} in flight, Tamil Nadu, India

Elio Della Ferrera / Little / Javanese Cormorant {Microcarbo niger} Keoladeo NP, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India

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

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger), Diyasaru Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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