Jan Wegener / Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos), New South Wales, Australia

Steven David Miller / Little Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos) drying wings, Wildlife Habitat, Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia, captive

Andy Trowbridge / Little Shag / Little pied cormorant / Kawaupaka(Microcarbo melanoleucos) perched on bridge railing. Heathcote River, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, May

Steven David Miller / Little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) with prey in bill, Parry Lagoons Nature Reserve, Wyndham, Western Australia, July

Brent Stephenson / Two Little Pied Cormorants (Microcarbo melanoleucos) perched in a tree. Lake Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, July.

Brent Stephenson / Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) with wings outstretched drying itself. Waikanae Estuary, Wellington, New Zealand.

Brent Stephenson / Little Pied Cormorant / Shag (Microcarbo melanoleucos) swimming low in the water. Waikanae Estuary, Wellington, New Zealand, February.

Konrad Wothe / Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) drying wings, Queensland, Australia

Andrew Walmsley / Little pied cormorant / shag (Microcarbo melanoleucos) drying wings spread wide, Mareeba Tropical Savanna and Wetlands Reserve, Queensland, Australia, November

Steven David Miller / Little Pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) standing with an eel it has just caught, wildlife park in Far North Queensland. Australia (captive)

Steven David Miller / Little Pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) swimming with an eel it has just caught, wildlife park in Far North Queensland. Australia (captive)

Tom Marshall / Little pied cormorant / shag {Microcarbo melanoleucos} Adult calling on post. Ashley River Mouth, Canterbury, New Zealand, December.