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General names

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The cormorants are known as 鸕鶿 lúcí, or sometimes 鸕鷥 lúsī. Without qualification, 鸕鶿 lúcí refers to the Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo). A popular name for P. carbo is 魚鷹 yú-yīng 'fish hawk' (also a name for the osprey).

The Orient has a long tradition of using the cormorant for fishing. In Chinese, cormorant fishing is colloquially known as 放鷹 fàng yīng ('to release the hawk'), mainly using P. carbo. Chinese fishermen refer to their birds as 鷹 yīng ('hawk'), related to the popular name 魚鷹 yú-yīng ('fish hawk'). The expression 放鴉 fàng yā 'release the crow' is also used, based on the popular name 水老鴉 shuǐ lǎo-yā 'water crow'.

Species names

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SCIENTIFIC & ENGLISH		CHINESE			JAPANESE		OTHER
Latin	English	Chinese (Taiwan)	Chinese (Mainland)	Other Ch	Japanese	Other J	Korean	Vietnamese
Phalacrocorax
Phalacrocorax carbo	Great cormorant Cormorant Common cormorant	鸕鶿 lúcí 'cormorant'	普通鸕鶿 pǔtōng lúcí 'common cormorant' (1, 2, 3, 4) 鸕鶿 lúcí 'cormorant' (5. Alternative in 1)	魚鷹 yú-yīng 'fish hawk' 墨鴉 mò yā 'black-ink crow' 水老鴉 shuǐ lǎo-yā 'water crow'	カワウ (河鵜) kawa-u 'river cormorant'		민물가마우지 min-mul-gamauji 'freshwater cormorant'	Cốc đế 'king cormorant'
Phalacrocorax capillatus Phalacrocorax filamentosus (esp. in Japan)	Japanese cormorant Temminck's cormorant	丹氏鸕鶿 Dān-shì lúcí 'Mr Temminck's cormorant'	綠背鸕鶿 lǜ-bèi lúcí 'green back cormorant' (2, 4) 暗綠背鸕鶿 àn-lǜ-bèi lúcí 'dark green back cormorant' (1, 3, 5)	斑頭鸕鶿 bān-tóu lúcí 'stripe-headed cormorant' (6, 7)	ウミウ (海鵜) umi-u 'sea cormorant'		가마우지 gamauji 'cormorant'
Phalacrocorax pelagicus	Pelagic cormorant Sea cormorant	海鸕鶿 hǎi lúcí 'sea cormorant'	海鸕鶿 hǎi lúcí 'sea cormorant'	烏鵜 wū-tí 'dark pelican'	ヒメウ (姫鵜) hime-u 'princess cormorant'		쇠가마우지 soe-gamauji 'small cormorant'

Phalacrocoracidae/ 鸕鶿科 (Lúcí kē)

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