Flightless cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi) hunting underwater, Tagus Cove, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Flightless cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi), Tagus Cove, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands,UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Flightless cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi) hunting underwater, Tagus Cove, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Flightless cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi) hunting underwater, Tagus Cove, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Flightless cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi) hunting underwater, Tagus Cove, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus, Phalacrocorax olivaceus, Nannopterum brasilianum) on wood on Lake Sandoval, Tambopata National Reserve, Puerto Maldonado, Tambopata Province, Madre de Dios, Peru, South America

Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) (Phalacrocorax olivaceus) (Nannopterum brasilianum), Lake Sandoval, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru, South America

Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) (Phalacrocorax olivaceus) (Nannopterum brasilianum), Lake Sandoval, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru, South America

Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus, Phalacrocorax olivaceus, Nannopterum brasilianum), Lake Sandoval, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru, South America

Flightless cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi) perching on Zodiac in the Galapagos Island Group, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Double-crested cormorant (Nannopterum auritum), taking flight, Concepcion Bay, Baja California Sur, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North America

An adult neotropic cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum), on New River near the Mesoamerican archaeological site of Lamanai, Belize

Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) (Phalacrocorax olivaceus) (Nannopterum brasilianum), Lake Sandoval, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru, South America

An adult neotropic cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum), on New River near the Mesoamerican archaeological site of Lamanai, Belize

Double-crested cormorant (Nannopterum auritum), taking flight, Concepcion Bay, Baja California Sur, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North America

Adult flightless cormorant (Nannopterum harris), Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Adult pair of courting flightless cormorants (Nannopterum harris), Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Adult flightless cormorant (Nannopterum harris), underwater at Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Adult pair of courting flightless cormorants (Nannopterum harris), Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Adult double-crested cormorant (Nannopterum auritum), amongst brown pelicans, Isla Ildefonso, Baja California, Mexico, North America

Adult double-crested cormorant (Nannopterum auritum), on palm tree, San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Adult double-crested cormorants (Nannopterum auritum) on offshore rock, Isla Ildefonso, Baja California, Mexico, North America

Flightless cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi) demonstrating its amazing swimming ability on Isabella Island in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador

Flightless cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. This Galapagos endemic cormorant has lost the ability to fly as there are no predators in the islands to prey on it.

Flightless cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. This Galapagos endemic cormorant has lost the ability to fly as there are no predators in the islands to prey on it.

Flightless cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi) parent with two chicks in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador

Flightless cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi) parent at sunset with chick in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador

Flightless cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. This Galapagos endemic cormorant has lost the ability to fly as there are no predators in the islands to prey on it.

Flightless cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. This Galapagos endemic cormorant has lost the ability to fly as there are no predators in the islands to prey on it.

Flightless cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. This Galapagos endemic cormorant has lost the ability to fly as there are no predators in the islands to prey on it.