General names
The following is based on analysis of dictionaries and other sources. Comments and corrections are welcome.
Note on Vietnamese naming: With the exception of ducks and chickens, it is common for Vietnamese bird names to be preceded by the word Chim meaning 'bird', although it is normally omitted in Vietnamese bird lists. All bird names, whether they include chim or not, can be preceded by the classifier con, which is used for living creatures.
The Vietnamese word for 'cormorant' is Chim cốc.
Cốc also figures in a couple of other cormorant names: Chim cồng cộc (used in the south) and Chim thằng cộc (related to the names of the pelicans). One source lists the term Chim ý.
Chữ Nôm
The characters used for phalacrocoracids in the now obsolete Chữ Nôm characters include:
| Name | Chữ Nôm Images from the Vietnamese Nôm Preservation Foundation dictionary. (Errors are the sole responsibility of the author of this site) |
| Cốc |  ,  (need confirmation) |
Species names
ABOUT THIS TABLE (Hover cursor to see) SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN |
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EAST ASIAN |
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English/French |
Vietnamese |
Other V |
Chinese (incl. Taiwan) |
Japanese |
Thai |
Malaysian |
Indonesian |
| Phalacrocorax niger Halietor niger  |
Little cormorant Javanese cormorant Pygmy cormorant Cormoran de Vieillot |
Chim Cốc đen 'black cormorant (bird)' |
黑颈鸬鹚 (黑頸鸕鶿) 'black-necked cormorant' |
アジアコビトウ (アジア小人鵜) ajia kobito-u 'Asian dwarf cormorant' |
นกกาน้ำเล็ก nók kaa-náam lék 'small water-crow (bird)' |
Burung Pependang Kecil 'small cormorant (bird)' (24, 25, 26) |
Burung Pecuk-padi Kecil 'small paddy-cormorant (bird) ' |
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Phalacrocorax fuscicollis |
Indian cormorant Indian shag Cormoran à cou brun |
Chim Cốc đế nhỏ 'small king cormorant (bird)' |
印度鸬鹚 (印度鸕鶿) 'Indian cormorant' |
インドヒメウ (インド姫鵜) indo hime-u 'Indian princess cormorant' |
นกกาน้ำปากยาว nók kaa-náam pàak yaaw 'long-billed water-crow (bird)' |
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| Phalacrocorax carbo |
Great cormorant Cormorant Common cormorant Grand Cormoran |
Chim Cốc đế 'king cormorant (bird)' |
普通鸬鹚 (普通鸕鶿) 'common cormorant' (1, 2, 3, 4) 鸬鹚 (鸕鶿) 'cormorant' (5. Alternative in 1) Taiwan: (鸬鹚) 鸕鶿 'cormorant' |
カワウ (河鵜) kawa-u 'river cormorant' |
นกกาน้ำใหญ่ nók kaa-náam yày 'large water-crow (bird)' |
Burung Pependang Air 'water cormorant (bird)' (24, 25, 26) |
Burung Pecuk-padi Besar 'large paddy-cormorant (bird) ' |
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