General names
Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Comments and corrections welcome.
The cormorants are known as 鸕鶿 , or sometimes 鸕鷥 . Without qualification, 鸕鶿 refers to the Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo). A popular name for P. carbo is 魚鷹 '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 ('to release the hawk'), mainly using P. carbo. Chinese fishermen refer to their birds as 鷹 ('hawk'), related to the popular name 魚鷹 ('fish hawk'). The expression 放鴉 'release the crow' is also used, based on the popular name 水老鴉 'water crow'.
Species names
SCIENTIFIC & ENGLISH |
CHINESE |
JAPANESE |
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Latin |
English |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Chinese (Mainland) |
Other Ch |
Japanese |
Other J |
Korean |
Vietnamese |
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| Phalacrocorax carbo |
Great cormorant Cormorant Common cormorant |
鸕鶿 'cormorant' |
普通鸕鶿 'common cormorant' (1, 2, 3, 4) 鸕鶿 'cormorant' (5. Alternative in 1) |
魚鷹 'fish hawk' 墨鴉 'black-ink crow' 水老鴉 'water crow' |
カワウ (河鵜) kawa-u 'river cormorant' |
민물가마우지 min-mul-gamauji 'freshwater cormorant' |
Cốc đế 'king cormorant' |
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| Phalacrocorax capillatus Phalacrocorax filamentosus (esp. in Japan) |
Japanese cormorant Temminck's cormorant |
丹氏鸕鶿 'Mr Temminck's cormorant' |
綠背鸕鶿 'green back cormorant' (2, 4) 暗綠背鸕鶿 'dark green back cormorant' (1, 3, 5) |
斑頭鸕鶿 'stripe-headed cormorant' (6, 7) |
ウミウ (海鵜) umi-u 'sea cormorant' |
가마우지 gamauji 'cormorant' |
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| Phalacrocorax pelagicus |
Pelagic cormorant Sea cormorant |
海鸕鶿 'sea cormorant' |
海鸕鶿 'sea cormorant' |
烏鵜 'dark pelican' |
ヒメウ (姫鵜) hime-u 'princess cormorant' |
쇠가마우지 soe-gamauji 'small cormorant' |
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