Andy Trowbridge / Little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos previously known as Phalacrocorax melanoleucus) perched on branch with wings outstretched. Ashley River, Canterbury, New Zealand. July.

Andy Trowbridge / Little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) perched on branch. Ashley River, Canterbury, New Zealand. July.

Jiri Lochman / Little pied cormorant (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos), Cape Range National Park, Ningaloo Coast UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, Western Australia, Australia.

Roger Powell / Little pied cormorant (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos) sitting on marine post and preening. Werribee Sewerage Farm, Werribee, Victoria, Australia

Brent Stephenson / Little pied cormorant (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos) drying with wings outstretched, perching on branch, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, November.

Brent Stephenson / Little pied cormorant (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos) shaking water from its plumage, sitting on a branch close to the surface of the water, Tamatea, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, November.

Brent Stephenson / Little pied cormorant (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos) on a branch close to the surface of the water, Tamatea, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, November.

Brent Stephenson / Adult little pied cormorant (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos) perched in a tree. Lake Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, July.

Brent Stephenson / Mixed group of three adult Little pied cormorants (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos) and two adult little black cormorants (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris) perched on a rock. Lake Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Ze...

Brent Stephenson / Juvenile Little pied cormorant (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos) perched on a post with wings outspread drying. Muddy Creek, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, July.

Doug Gimesy / Little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) preening on intertidal rocks, Sandringham, Victoria, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) standing on intertidal rocks, feeding on fish, Port Philip Bay shoreline, Sandringham, Victoria, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) standing on intertidal rocks, feeding on fish prey, Port Philip Bay, Victoria, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) perched on intertidal rocks covered with Intertidal tubeworms (Galeolaria caespitosa) and molluscs, Victoria, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) in flight, Victoria, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos), wings stretched to dry or warm wings in sun, standing on intertidal rocks covered with Intertidal tubeworms (Galeolaria caespitosa) and molluscs, Victo...

Doug Gimesy / Little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos), wings stretched to dry or warm wings in sun, standing on intertidal rocks covered with Intertidal tubeworms (Galeolaria caespitosa) and molluscs, Victo...

Doug Gimesy / Little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) standing on intertidal rocks covered with Intertidal tubeworms (Galeolaria caespitosa) and molluscs, Victoria, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) on intertidal rocks covered with mollusc , seaweed and Intertidal tubeworms (Galeolaria caespitosa) encrusting exposed rock, Victoria, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) on nest during early morning. Middle Reedy Lake, Kerang, Victoria, Australia. November.

Doug Gimesy / Little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) in flight. Sandringham, Victoria, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) perched on branch protruding out of water. Eden NSW, Australia. June

Doug Gimesy / Little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) perched on branch protruding out of water. Eden NSW, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Little pied cormorants (Microcarbo melanoleucos) two standing either side of a Pied cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius) on coastal rocks, Ricketts Point, Beaumaris, Victoria, Australia. May.

Doug Gimesy / Little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) on rocks by the shore. Ricketts Point, Beaumaris, Victoria, Australia. May,