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

Mary McDonald / Blue Eyed / King Cormorant / Imperial Shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps) about to land. New Island North, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic.

Ingo Arndt / Blue-eyed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps) pair flying, South Georgia Island

Charlie Summers / King Cormorant (Phalacrocorax albiventer) flying into its rookery carrying Kelp strands for nesting material. Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands, December

Charlie Summers / King Cormorant (Phalacrocorax albiventer) close-up of feet. Saunders Island, Falkland Islands, December

Charlie Summers / Pair of King Cormorants (Phalacrocorax albiventer) courtship ritual, on the coastline, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands, November

Charlie Summers / Johnny Rook / Striated / Forster's Caracara (Phalcoboenus australis) stealing an egg from a King Cormorant (Phalacrocorax (atriceps) albiventer) nest. Sea Lion Island in the Falkland Islands, November...

Charlie Summers / Johnny Rook / Striated / Forster's Caracara (Phalcoboenus australis) prepares to crack the egg it predated from a King Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps/ albiventer) nest. Sea Lion Island in the Falkl...

Pete Oxford / White-bellied Shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) pair on nest, Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / White-bellied Shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) group with Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) colony in the background, Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / White-bellied Shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer), Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / White-bellied Shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) on nest, Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / White-bellied Shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer), Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / White-bellied Shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer), Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / White-bellied Shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer), Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / White-bellied Shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) pair, Keppel Island, Falkland Islands

Gabriel Rojo / Rock cormorants (Phalacrocorax magellanicus) and King cormorants (Phalacrocorax albiventer) on cliffs, Monte Leon National Park, Santa Cruz Province, Patagonia, Argentina, December 2006

Pete Oxford / Imperial shag / King cormorant / Imperial cormorant (Phalacrocorax albiventer) on water off, Kidney Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / Imperial Shag / King Cormorant / Imperial Cormorant (Phalacrocorax albiventer) colony mixed with Souther rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) Pebble Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / Imperial Shag / King Cormorant / Imperial Cormorant (Phalacrocorax albiventer) carrying nesting material, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / Imperial Shag / King Cormorant / Imperial Cormorant (Phalacrocorax albiventer) carrying nesting material, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / White-bellied Shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) carrying nesting material, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / White-bellied Shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) colony, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands

Flip Nicklin / Blue-eyed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps) flying, Falkland Islands

Kevin Schafer / White-bellied Shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer), Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

Kevin Schafer / White-bellied Shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer), Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

Kevin Schafer / Blue-eyed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps) nesting colony, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

Kevin Schafer / Blue-eyed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps) portrait, Falkland Islands

Jan Vermeer / Blue-eyed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps) pair courting, Cockburn Island, Antarctica

Jan Vermeer / Blue-eyed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps) pair courting, Cockburn Island, Antarctica

Jan Vermeer / Blue-eyed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps) pair courting, Cockburn Island, Antarctica

Jan Vermeer / Blue-eyed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps) with nesting material, Cockburn Island, Antarctica

TJ Rich / King Cormorant (Phalacrocorax albiventer) Falkland Islands

TJ Rich / King Cormorant (Phalacrocorax albiventer) Falkland Islands

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Pair of King cormorants (Phalacrocorax albiventer) grooming, Falkland Islands

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / King cormorant standing on one leg {Phalacrocorax albiventer} Falkland Islands, December

Flip de Nooyer / Blue-eyed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps) couple with older chick on nest, Antarctica

Flip de Nooyer / Blue-eyed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps) portrait in profile, Antarctica

Flip de Nooyer / White-bellied Shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) flying over ocean, South Georgia Island

Flip de Nooyer / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) pair building nest near Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome) and Blue-eyed Shags (Phalacrocorax atriceps), Falkland Islands

Ben Osborne / King cormorant pair at nest {Phalacrocorax albiventer} Falkland Is

Ben Osborne / King cormorant flies to nest with material {Phalacrocorax albiventer} Falkland Is

Ben Osborne / King cormorant brings nesting material to nest {Phalacrocorax albiventer} Falkland Is

Ben Osborne / King cormorant nesting colony {Phalacrocorax albiventer} Falkland Is

Patricio Robles Gil / King cormorant on nest showing face markings and blue eyes {Phalacrocorax albiventer} Falkland Is

SIMON KING / Common Cormorant nesting pair, UK

Pete Oxford / White-bellied Shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) flying, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands

Kevin Schafer / Blue-eyed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps) nesting pair, Falkland Islands

Jan Vermeer / Blue-eyed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps), Cockburn Island, Antarctica

Jan Vermeer / Blue-eyed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps) portrait, Cockburn Island, Antarctica

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

SIMON KING / Common Cormorants nesting on sea cliffs (Phalacrocorax carbo) UK

Ben Osborne / King cormorant brings nesting material to nest {Phalacrocorax albiventer} Falkland Is

Ben Osborne / King cormorant flies to nest with material {Phalacrocorax albiventer} Falkland Is

Jan Vermeer / Blue-eyed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps) pair courting, Antarctica