Juan Carlos Munoz / Double Breasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) resting beak in plumage. Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, February.
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Tui De Roy / Flightless Cormorant (Nannopterum / Phalacrocorax harrisi) with nesting material. Banks Bay, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, December.
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Tui De Roy / Flightless Cormorant (Nannopterum / Phalacrocorax harrisi) with chick at nest, made from dead starfish. Banks Bay, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, December.
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Eric Baccega / Common cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) catching a european eel (Anguilla anguilla), captive, Alsace, France.
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Two Common comorants (Phalocrocorax carbo) perched on statue drying out, Bushy Park, London, England, UK, November.
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Erlend Haarberg / European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) flying between coastal rocks with a large wave crashing, Snaefellsnes peninsula, Iceland, February 2011
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Florian Möllers / Chinese Fisherman on his raft with Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis), against the karst hills at the Li River. Yangshuo, Guangxi, China, November.
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Florian Möllers / Chinese Fisherman and one of his Great Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis). Li River, Yangshuo, Guangxi, China, November.
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Florian Möllers / Fisherman holding Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) with large fish in its beak. Li River, Yangshuo, Guangxi, China, November.
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Florian Möllers / Chinese fisherman on his raft with Great Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) fishing at night on the Li River. Yangshuo, Guangxi, China, November.
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Florian Möllers / Chinese Fisherman on his raft with Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis), against the karst hills at the Li River. Yangshuo, Guangxi, China, November.
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Florian Möllers / Chinese fisherman on his raft with Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) fishing at night on the Li River. Yangshuo, Guangxi, China, November.
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Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Common guillemot (Uria aalge) swimming underwater, Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK, July. Did you know? Guillemots are shaped like a penguin for hydrodynamics, but with wings like cormorants for aer...
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Suzi Eszterhas / Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) portrait, breeding plumage, Moss Landing, California, USA, April
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Nick Upton / Aerial view of a dense flock of Great Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) resting on a sandbank at Scroby Sands along with a mixed species flock of gulls including Greater black-backed gulls (Larus marin...
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Imperial shag / Blue eyed cormorant colony (Phalacrocorax atriceps), showing birds on nests, with one bird flying above. Patagonia, Argentina, March 2008
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Eric Baccega / Double crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) swimming on water at sunset, Cap Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia, Canada, September
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Charlie Summers / King Cormorant (Phalacrocorax albiventer) landing on grass, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands, December
Charlie Summers / King / Imperial Cormorants (Phalacrocorax albiventer) breeding pair display courtship behaviour in the form of a ritual dance at their nesting site on Saunders Island, Falkland Islands
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Presti / Pigmy cormorant (Microcarbo pygmaeus) stretching wings, Durankulak Lake, Bulgaria, February 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Common / Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) nesting in tree, Oosterdijk, Enkhuizen, Ijsselmeer, Netherlands, March 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Máté / Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) on water, Fisher pond, Prypiat area, Belarus, June 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Máté / Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) swallowing fish, Fisher pond, Prypiat area, Belarus, June 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) on cliff, Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) calling with wings stretched out, Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Shags (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) standing on coastal cliff, Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Rear view of two Pygmy cormorants (Microcarbo pygmeus) perched on branch drying wings, Hortobagy National Park, Hungary, July 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Pygmy cormorants (Microcarbo pygmeus) in flight past full moon, Hortobagy National Park, Hungary, July 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Rear view of Two Pygmy cormorants (Microcarbo pygmeus) perched on a branch, one with wings stretched out drying, Hortobagy National Park, Hungary, July 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Lake Skadar viewed from the Albanian border, with Cormorants in flight, Lake Skadar National Park, May 2008
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Wild Wonders of Europe / López / Aerial view of Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) colony in dead trees, Kemeri National Park, Latvia, June 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / López / Aerial view of Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) colony in dead trees, Kemeri National Park, Latvia, June 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Peltomäki / Rear view of Pygmy cormorant (Microcarbo pygmeus) perched, Lake Kastoria, Macedonia, Greece, February 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Peltomäki / Two Pygmy cormorants (Microcarbo pygmeus) in tree, Lake Kastoria, Macedonia, Greece, February 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) carrying twig in beak in cormorant colony, Oosterdijk, Enkhuizen, Ijsselmeer, Netherlands, March 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Common / Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) pair on nest, Oosterdijk, Enkhuizen, Ijsselmeer, Netherlands, March 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Common / Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) Oosterdijk, Enkhuizen, Ijsselmeer, Netherlands, March 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Common / Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) profile, Oosterdijk, Enkhuizen, Ijsselmeer, Netherlands, March 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Common / Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) displaying, Oosterdijk, Enkhuizen, Ijsselmeer, Netherlands, March 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Common / Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) displaying, Oosterdijk, Enkhuizen, Ijsselmeer, Netherlands, March 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Common / Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) in nests in tree, Oosterdijk, Enkhuizen, Ijsselmeer, Netherlands, March 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Common / Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) head portrait, Oosterdijk, Enkhuizen, Ijsselmeer, Netherlands, March 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Common / Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) on nest, Oosterdijk, Enkhuizen, Ijsselmeer, Netherlands, March 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Common / Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) calling, beak open, Oosterdijk, Enkhuizen, Ijsselmeer, Netherlands, March 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Common / Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) calling, Oosterdijk, Enkhuizen, Ijsselmeer, Netherlands, March 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Common / Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) backlit with breath showing in cold air, evening light, Oosterdijk, Enkhuizen, Ijsselmeer, Netherlands, March 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Common / Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) portrait, Oosterdijk, Enkhuizen, Ijsselmeer, Netherlands, March 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Common / Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) on nest, Oosterdijk, Enkhuizen, Ijsselmeer, Netherlands, March 2009
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Guy Edwardes / Close-up of feathers of Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) Saltee Islands, Co. Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June
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Bruno D'Amicis / Shipwreck and Moroccan cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo maroccanus) along the Atlantic coast of the Western Sahara desert, Morocco, NW Africa
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David Kjaer / Flock of Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) leaving roost, Poland
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Pete Oxford / Fisherman with trained cormorants {Phalacrocorax carbo} in mist Li river, Guangxi, China
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LYNN M. STONE / Cormorants flying over waves at sunset. Monterey bay, California, USA
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Staffan Widstrand / Australian pelican {Pelecanus conspicillatus} and White breasted cormorants {Phalacrocorax lucidus} Victoria, Australia
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Pete Oxford / Male Galapagos Flightless cormorant offering seaweed to female {Nannopterum harrisi}
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John Cancalosi / Common Cormorant calling, UK
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Ben Osborne / Ian McCarthy in Antarctica filming Blue-eyed cormorants for BBC television series 'Life in the Freezer'
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Pete Oxford / Flightless cormorant drying feathers {Nannopterum harrisi} Fernandina Is, Galapagos
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Juan Manuel Borrero / Illustration of silhouettes of the Pyrenean animals, Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), Red deer (Cervus elaphus), Pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica), Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), Red fox (Vulpes...
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Juan Manuel Borrero / Illustration of Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) with wings out stretched. Pencil and watercolor painting.
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Paul Hobson / Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) feeding chick through regurgitation, Scotland, UK July
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Paul Hobson / Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) feeding chick through regurgitation, Farne Islands, Northumberland UK July
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Common cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) aerial view of nesting colony, within the Danube delta rewilding area, Romania, June 2012
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Aerial view of Gulls and Cormorants in shallow waters of Danube Delta, Danube delta rewilding area, Black Sea coast, Romania, June 2012
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Aerial view of Gulls and cormorants in shallow waters of Danube Delta, Danube delta rewilding area, Black Sea coast, Romania, June 2012
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Andrew Walmsley / General view of nesting cliff on Inner Farne island, Northumberland, with Razorbills (Alca torda) and European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis), June
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Andrew Walmsley / Tourists and photographers next to nesting cliff on Inner Farne island, Northumberland, watching Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla), Razorbills (Alca torda) and European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis),...
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Andrew Walmsley / Tourists and photographers next to nesting cliff on Inner Farne island, Northumberland, watching Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla), Razorbills (Alca torda) and European shags (Phalacrocorax aristotelis),...
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Andrew Walmsley / General view of nesting cliff on Inner Farne island, Northumberland. European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) in the foreground, Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla), Guillemots (Uria aalge) and Razorbills...
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Andrew Walmsley / General view of nesting cliff on Inner Farne island, Northumberland. European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) in the foreground, Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla), Guillemots (Uria aalge) and Razorbills...
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Andrew Walmsley / General view of nesting cliff on Inner Farne island, Northumberland. European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) in the foreground, Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla), Guillemots (Uria aalge) and Razorbills...
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Markus Varesvuo / Common cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) in flight, silhouetted against moon, Falsterbo Sweden September
Ole Jorgen Liodden / Auckland Shag (Leucocarbo / Phalacrocorax colensoi) in flight with plant material in its beak. Auckland Islands, New Zealand. November.
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Christophe Courteau / Flightless cormorant {Nannopterum harrisi} Fernandina Is, Galapagos.
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Claudio Contreras / Double-Crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus), Royal Tern (Sterna maxima) and tourists canoeing in background, El Requeson, Gulf of California, Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, December. (Digital...
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Loic Poidevin / Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) fishing profile, Vendee, Atlantic Coast, France, June
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Graham Eaton / A flock of Cape Cormorant / Cape Shag, (Phalacrocorax capensis) flying over rough sea, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, November
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Graham Eaton / A flock of Cape Cormorant / Shag, (Phalacrocorax capensis) flying over rough sea, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, November
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Andy Trowbridge / Little Shag / Little pied cormorant / Kawaupaka(Microcarbo melanoleucos) perched on bridge railing. Heathcote River, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, May
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Tui De Roy / Flightless Cormorant (Nannopterum / Phalacrocorax harrisi) at nest regurgitating fish for chick. Puerto Bravo, Banks Bay, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, December.
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Tui De Roy / Flightless Cormorants (Nannopterum / Phalacrocorax harrisi) at nest, made of dead starfish. Puerto Bravo, Banks Bay, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, December.
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Tui De Roy / Flightless Cormorant (Nannopterum / Phalacrocorax harrisi) in classic cormorant wing-spread pose to dry plumage. Punta Espinosa, Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, June.
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Tui De Roy / Flightless Cormorant (Nannopterum / Phalacrocorax harrisi) at coastal colony. Banks Bay, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, December.
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Tui De Roy / Flightless Cormorant (Nannopterum / Phalacrocorax harrisi) on nest with chick. Banks Bay, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, December.
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Tui De Roy / Flightless Cormorant (Nannopterum / Phalacrocorax harrisi) on water with nesting material. Banks Bay, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, June.
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Tui De Roy / Flightless Cormorant (Nannopterum / Phalacrocorax harrisi) with nesting material. Banks Bay, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, December.
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Tui De Roy / Flightless Cormorant (Nannopterum / Phalacrocorax harrisi) at water surface. Fernandina Island, Galapagos, June.
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Tui De Roy / Flightless cormorant (Nannopterum / Phalacrocorax harrisi) emerging from wave on beach of volcanic rocks. Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, June.
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Tui De Roy / Flightless Cormorant (Nannopterum / Phalacrocorax harrisi) on nest with chick. Banks Bay, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, December.
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Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) in flight. The Wash Estuary, Norfolk, September.
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Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Photographer and shags (Phalacrocorax aristotelis). Shetland, Scotland, July.
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Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) flying in silhouette. Shetland, Scotland, July.
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Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) flying in silhouette. Shetland, Scotland, July.