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 (mainly using P. carbo) is colloquially known as 放鷹 'to release the hawk'. 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
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Phalacrocorax carbo |
Great cormorant Cormorant Common cormorant |
鸕鶿 (鸬鹚) 'cormorant' |
(普通鸕鶿) 普通鸬鹚 'common cormorant' (1, 2, 3, 4) (鸕鶿) 鸬鹚 'cormorant' (5. Alternative in 1) |
魚鷹
(鱼鹰 ) 'fish hawk' (FS) (also Osprey) 墨鴉 (墨鸦) 'black-ink crow' 水老鴉 (水老鸦) 'water crow' 水老鴰 (水老鸹 ) 'water crow' (northern) (FS) 魚老鴰 (鱼老鸹) 'fish crow' (FS) 海鵜 (海鹈) 'sea pelican' (FS) 烏鬼 (乌鬼) 'dark demon' (southern) (FS) 黑魚郎 (黑鱼郎) 'black fisherman' (FS) 鷧 (鷧) 'cormorant' (Materia Medica) (FS) |
カワウ (河鵜) kawa-u 'river cormorant' |
민물가마우지 min-mul-gamauji 'freshwater cormorant' |
Chim Cốc đế 'king cormorant (bird)' |
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| Phalacrocorax capillatus Phalacrocorax filamentosus (esp. in Japan) |
Japanese cormorant Temminck's cormorant |
丹氏鸕鶿 (丹氏鸬鹚) 'Mr Temminck's cormorant' |
(綠背鸕鶿) 绿背鸬鹚 'green back cormorant' (2, 4) (暗綠背鸕鶿) 暗绿背鸬鹚 'dark green back cormorant' (1, 3, 5) |
班頭鸕鶿 (斑头鸬鹚) 'stripe-headed cormorant' (6, 7) 特明氏鸕鶿 (特明氏鸬鹚) 'Mr Teming's cormorant' (FS) |
ウミウ (海鵜) umi-u 'sea cormorant' |
가마우지 gamauji 'cormorant' |
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| Phalacrocorax pelagicus Leucocarbo pelagicus |
Pelagic cormorant Sea cormorant |
海鸕鶿 (海鸬鹚) 'sea cormorant' |
(海鸕鶿) 海鸬鹚 'sea cormorant' |
烏鵜 (乌鹈) 'dark pelican' (dict) (FS) |
ヒメウ (姫鵜) hime-u 'princess cormorant' |
쇠가마우지 soe-gamauji 'small cormorant' |
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