Pied Cormorant standing on the beach

Awaroa Inlet, Abel Tasman National Park, South Island, New Zealand (February 2007)

Also known as Australian Pied Cormorant, Large Pied Cormorant, Pied Shag.

For more information on this bird species see the following links:
Pied Cormorant / Internet Bird Collection
Pied Cormorant / Bird Forum
Phalacrocorax varius / IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Karuhiruhi, the Pied Shag / NZ Birds
BirdLife International / Large Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius