Little Cormorant

The little cormorant in breeding plumage is black, or brownish-black, and has a small crest on the forecrown which is often flattened. Non-breeding adults are duller and a little brownish, particularly on the head and neck. It has white on the anterior face from below the gape (the inside of the birds mouth) to the throat. The gape and the base of the bill are often bluish. 

This is the first little cormorant I saw - in Yala NP in Sri Lanka. 

This little cormorant was in a small lake near the Diphlu Lodge near Kaziranga NP in Assam, India. 

This little cormorant was in a lake below the Amber Fort in Jaipur, India. It clearly has the white spot beneath the gape and a bluish lower bill.  

This is an illustration of the little cormorant in breeding plumage from Birds of the World. 

It is found in eastern Pakistan, India and northern Southeast Asia. 

Range of the little cormorant from Birds of the World.