Little black cormorant

 The little black cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris) is common in smaller rivers and lakes throughout most areas of Australia and northern New Zealand, where it is known as the little black shag.

Pied cormorant

The Australian pied cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius), also known as the pied cormorant, pied shag, or great pied cormorant.

Blue-eyed shag

The imperial shag, also called the blue-eyed shag, (Phalacrocorax atriceps) is a black and white cormorant native to many subantarctic islands, the Antarctic Peninsula and southern South America.

Shag

The Common Shag or European Shag  (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) search for food in the sea, and unlike the Cormorant, it is very rare further inland.The Shag make very deep dives and dives down to 45 meters deep have been observed. Favorite food is the sand eel. The birds move long distances between the plaes for food search and the place where they spend the night. They nest along the coast on cliffs, in rock-pools or small caves. The nest consists of a single sloppy pile of seaweed or twigs that are cemented together with the bird's own guano.

European Shag

Cormorant

Great Cormorant

Great Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) live in archipelagos and coastal areas. Cormorants are skilled divers and live exclusively from fishing. Characteristically, they sit upright with outstretched wings to dry after they have dived for fish.
Cormorants are colonial nesters, using trees or cliffs.

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