General names
Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Species list may not be current. Korean glosses are only tentative. Comments and corrections welcome.
In Japanese, the pelican is known as ペリカン perikan, borrowed from English.
The word ガランチョウ (伽藍鳥) garan-chō ('temple bird'), borrowed from Chinese, survives mainly as an archaic variant.
The common species in Japan is Pelecanus crispus (Dalmatian Pelican). In many sources, this is identified as Pelecanus philippensis under the Japanese name ハイイロペリカン (灰色ペリカン) hai-iro perikan 'grey pelican'.
Species names
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN |
JAPANESE |
CHINESE |
KOREAN |
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Latin |
Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru |
Japanese |
Other J |
Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Korean |
Pelecanus onocrotalus |
Great white pelican Eastern white pelican White pelican Rosy pelican Pélican blanc Rosapelikan Розовый пеликан |
モモイロペリカン (桃色ペリカン) momo-iro perikan 'pink pelican' |
白鹈鹕 (白鵜鶘) 'white pelican' |
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| Pelecanus crispus |
Dalmatian pelican Pélican frisé Krauskopfpelikan Кудрявый пеликан |
ニシハイイロペリカン (西灰色ペリカン) nishi hai-iro perikan 'western grey pelican' (Wikipedia) |
ハイイロペリカン (灰色ペリカン) hai-iro perikan 'grey pelican'  Taxonomy ガランチョウ (伽藍鳥) garan-chō 'temple bird' |
卷羽鹈鹕 (卷羽鵜鶘) 'curly feathered pelican' Taxonomy |
(卷羽鹈鹕) 卷羽鵜鶘 'curly feathered pelican' |
鹈鹕 (鵜鶘) 'pelican' 菲律宾鹈鹕 (菲律賓鵜鶘) 'Philippine pelican' |
사다새 sada-sae 'sada-bird' |
