Phalacrocoracidae
鸬鹚科
lúcí kē

General

Information is from dictionaries and other sources. Pinyin reflects Mandarin pronunciation; for some dialect names, it is no more than a polite fiction. Korean glosses are tentative. Comments and corrections welcome. Hover over Green Lettering Green lettering at this site hides a tool tip with glosses, further explanations, etc. Hover cursor to reveal. to see additional information.

The cormorants are known as 鸬鹚 lúcí, or sometimes 鸬鸶 lúsī. Without qualification, 鸬鹚 lúcí normally refers to the Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo. Note that 鵜, the character used for ウ u 'cormorant' in Japanese, is the first character in the Chinese word for pelican, 鹈鹕 tíhú.

A popular name for P. carbo is 鱼鹰 yú-yīng 'fish hawk' (also a name for the osprey). The cormorants also have a number of popular names referring to the crows.

The Orient has a long tradition of using the cormorant for fishing, a practice that is sadly dying out. In Chinese, cormorant fishing is colloquially known as 放鹰 fàng yīng 'to release the hawk', mainly using P. carbo. Chinese fishermen refer to their birds as 鹰 yīng 'hawk', related to the popular name 鱼鹰 yú-yīng 'fish hawk'. The expression 放鸦 fàng yā 'release the crow' is also used, based on the popular name 水老鸦 shuǐ lǎo-yā 'water crow'.

Species names

ABOUT THIS TABLE

SCIENTIFIC & ENGLISH		CHINESE			EAST		SOUTH	NORTH
Microcarbo
Latin	English	Chinese	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Japanese	Korean	Vietnamese	Mongolian
Microcarbo niger Phalacrocorax niger Halietor niger	Little cormorant Javanese cormorant Pygmy cormorant	Phalacrocorax niger: 黑颈鸬鹚 (黑頸鸕鶿) hēi-jǐng lúcí 'black-necked cormorant'		小鸬鹚 (小鸕鶿) xiǎo lúcí 'small cormorant' (FS)	Phalacrocorax niger: アジアコビトウ (アジア小人鵜) ajia kobito-u 'Asian dwarf cormorant'		Phalacrocorax niger: 黑颈鸬鹚 Chim Cốc đen 'black cormorant (bird)' (12, 34)
Phalacrocorax
Latin	English	Chinese	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Japanese	Korean	Vietnamese	Mongolian
Phalacrocorax pelagicus Leucocarbo pelagicus	Pelagic cormorant Sea cormorant	海鸬鹚 (海鸕鶿) hǎi lúcí 'sea cormorant'	(海鸬鹚) 海鸕鶿 hǎi lúcí 'sea cormorant'	乌鹈 (烏鵜) wū-tí 'dark pelican' (dict) (FS)	ヒメウ (姫鵜) hime-u 'princess cormorant'	쇠가마우지 soe-gamauji 'small cormorant' Taxonomy		Inner M: Далайн халуу ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ ᠵᠢᠨ ᠬᠠᠯᠣ dalain khaluu 'sea cormorant' (31)
Phalacrocorax urile	Red-faced shag Red-faced cormorant	红脸鸬鹚 (紅臉鸕鶿) hóng-liǎn lúcí 'red-faced cormorant'		水老鸦 (水老鴉) shuǐ lǎo-yā 'water crow' (FS)	チシマウガラス (千島鵜烏) chishima u-garasu 'Kurile cormorant-crow'
Phalacrocorax carbo	Great cormorant Cormorant Common cormorant	普通鸬鹚 (普通鸕鶿) pǔtōng lúcí 'common cormorant' (1, 2, 3, 4) 鸬鹚 (鸕鶿) lúcí 'cormorant' (5. alt in 1)	(鸬鹚) 鸕鶿 lúcí 'cormorant'	鱼鹰 (魚鷹) yú-yīng 'fish hawk' (FS) (also Osprey) 墨鸦 (墨鴉) mò yā 'black-ink crow' 水老鸦 (水老鴉) shuǐ lǎo-yā 'water crow' 水老鸹 (水老鴰) shuǐ lǎo-guā 'water crow' (northern) (FS) 鱼老鸹 (魚老鴰) yú lǎo-guā 'fish crow' (FS) 海鹈 (海鵜) hǎi-tí 'sea pelican' (FS) 乌鬼 (烏鬼) wū-guǐ 'dark demon' (southern) (FS) 黑鱼郎 (黑魚郎) hēi yú-láng 'black fisherman' (FS) 鷧 (鷧) yì 'cormorant' (Materia Medica) (FS)	カワウ (河鵜) kawa-u 'river cormorant'	민물가마우지 minmul-gamauji 'freshwater cormorant'	Chim Cốc đế 'king cormorant (bird)' (12, 13, 34)	Тураг гогой ᠲᠣᠷᠣᠭ ᠭᠣᠭᠣᠢ turag gogoi 'large cormorant' Inner M: Хар халуу ᠬᠠᠷ᠎ᠠ ᠬᠠᠯᠣ khar khaluu 'black cormorant' (31, 32)
Phalacrocorax capillatus Phalacrocorax filamentosus	Japanese cormorant Temminck's 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)	(丹氏鸬鹚) 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) 特明氏鸬鹚 (特明氏鸕鶿) tèmíng-shì lúcí 'Mr Teming's cormorant' (FS)	Phalacrocorax filamentosus: ウミウ (海鵜) umi-u 'sea cormorant'	가마우지 gamauji 'cormorant'

Floating Menu by Milonic

TOP

Tool tips by Walter Zorn