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Phalacrocoracidae/ ウ科 (U ka)

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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 u, written in Chinese characters. (Note that in Chinese 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
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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)
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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
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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
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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'