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General names

Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Species list may not be current. Comments and corrections welcome.

The Japanese word for cormorant is ウ u, written 鵜 in Chinese characters. (Note that in Chinese 鵜 tí refers to the pelican, as in 鵜鶘 tíhú.)

The Orient has a long tradition of using the cormorant for fishing, a practice that is sadly dying out. Cormorant fishing is known in Japanese as 鵜飼い u-kai or u-gai ('cormorant raising') and mainly uses P. capillatus/filamentosus.

In Japanese, expressions referring to 'cormorants' include:

The term 鵜呑みにする u-nomi ni suru ('swallow like a cormorant'), which means 'to swallow whole' or, in a figurative meaning, 'to swallow uncritically', from the bird's habit of swallowing fish whole.

The expression 鵜の目鷹の目 u no me taka no me 'eyes of a cormorant, eyes of a hawk' refers to looking for something with sharp or keen eyes.

Species names

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Phalacrocorax              
Phalacrocorax carbo
link to photolink to photo		 Great cormorant
Cormorant
Common cormorant
Grand Cormoran
Kormoran
Баклан большой		 カワウ
(河鵜)
kawa-u
'river cormorant'		   普通鸬鹚 (普通鸕鶿)
pǔtōng lúcí
'common cormorant' (1, 2, 3, 4)
鸬鹚 (鸕鶿)
lúcí
'cormorant' (5. Alternative in 1) 		鸕鶿
lúcí
'cormorant' 		鱼鹰 (魚鷹)
yú-yīng
'fish hawk'
墨鸦 (墨鴉)
mò yā
'black-ink crow'
水老鸦 (水老鴉)
shuǐ lǎo-yā
'water crow'		 민물가마우지
min-mul-gamauji
'freshwater cormorant'
Phalacrocorax capillatus
Phalacrocorax filamentosus (esp. in Japan)
link to photolink to photo		 Japanese cormorant
Temminck's cormorant
Cormoran de Temminck
Japankormoran
Уссурийский баклан		 ウミウ
(海鵜)
umi-u
'sea cormorant'		   绿背鸬鹚 (綠背鸕鶿)
lǜ-bèi lúcí
'green back cormorant' (2, 4)
暗绿背鸬鹚 (暗綠背鸕鶿)
àn-lǜ-bèi lúcí
'dark green back cormorant' (1, 3, 5) 		丹氏鸕鶿
Dān-shì lúcí
'Mr Dan's cormorant' 		斑头鸬鹚 (班頭鸕鶿)
bān-tóu lúcí
'stripe-headed cormorant' (6, 7) 		가마우지
gamauji
'cormorant'
Phalacrocorax pelagicus
link to photolink to photo		 Pelagic cormorant
Sea cormorant
Cormoran pélagique
Meerscharbe
Берингов баклан		 ヒメウ
(姫鵜)
hime-u
'princess cormorant'		   海鸬鹚 (海鸕鶿)
hǎi lúcí
'sea cormorant' 		海鸕鶿
hǎi lúcí
'sea cormorant' 		乌鹈 (烏鵜)
wū-tí
'dark pelican'		 쇠가마우지
soe-gamauji
'small cormorant'
Phalacrocorax urile
link to photo		 Red-faced shag
Red-faced cormorant
Cormoran à face rouge
Rotgesichtscharbe
Краснолицый баклан		 チシマウガラス
(千島鵜烏)
Chishima u-garasu
'Kurile cormorant-crow'		   红脸鸬鹚 (紅臉鸕鶿）
hóng-liǎn lúcí
'red-faced cormorant'