General
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In Japanese, the pelican is known as ペリカン perikan, borrowed from English.
The word ガランチョウ (伽藍鳥) garan-chō ('temple bird'), borrowed from Chinese, survives mainly as an archaic variant.
The common species in Japan is Pelecanus crispus (Dalmatian Pelican). In many Japanese sources, this is identified as Pelecanus philippensis under the Japanese name ハイイロペリカン (灰色ペリカン) hai-iro perikan 'grey pelican'. Other species are mostly vagrants.
Species names
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN |
JAPANESE |
CHINESE |
KOREAN |
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Latin |
Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru |
Japanese |
Other J |
Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Korean |
Pelecanus onocrotalus |
Great white pelican Eastern white pelican White pelican Rosy pelican Pélican blanc Rosapelikan Розовый пеликан |
モモイロペリカン (桃色ペリカン) momo-iro perikan 'pink pelican' |
白鹈鹕 (白鵜鶘) 'white pelican' |
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| Pelecanus philippensis |
Spot-billed
pelican Grey pelican Spotted billed pelican Pélican à bec tacheté Graupelikan Се́рый пелика́н |
ハイイロペリカン (灰色ペリカン) hai-iro perikan 'grey pelican' (shared with P. crispus) |
フィリピンペリカン (フィリピンペリカン) firipin perikan 'Philippine pelican' |
斑嘴鹈鹕 (斑嘴鵜鶘) 'stripe-billed pelican' |
(灰鹈鹕) 灰鵜鶘 'grey pelican' |
菲律宾鹈鹕 (菲律賓鵜鶘) 'Philippine pelican' |
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| Pelecanus crispus |
Dalmatian pelican Pélican frisé Krauskopfpelikan Кудрявый пеликан |
ニシハイイロペリカン (西灰色ペリカン) nishi hai-iro perikan 'western grey pelican' (Wikipedia) |
ハイイロペリカン (灰色ペリカン) hai-iro perikan 'grey pelican' (shared with P. philippensis) ガランチョウ (伽藍鳥) garan-chō 'temple bird' |
卷羽鹈鹕 (卷羽鵜鶘) 'curly feathered pelican'  Taxonomy |
(卷羽鹈鹕) 卷羽鵜鶘 'curly feathered pelican' |
鹈鹕 (鵜鶘) 'pelican' |
사다새 sada-sae 'pelican-bird' |
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