General
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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 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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| 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. alt 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)' (12, 13, 34) |
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| Phalacrocorax capillatus Phalacrocorax filamentosus |
Japanese cormorant Temminck's cormorant |
丹氏鸕鶿 (丹氏鸬鹚) 'Mr Dan'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) |
Phalacrocorax filamentosus: ウミウ (海鵜) umi-u 'sea cormorant' |
가마우지 gamauji 'cormorant' |
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中国鸟类种和亚种分类名录大全（修订版） 郑作新 著 科学出版社 北京 2000年
A Complete Checklist of Species and Subspecies of the Chinese Birds (Revised Edition) by Cheng Tso-Hsin, Science Press, Beijing 2000
中国鸟类分类与分布名录 主编：郑光美 科学出版社 北京 2005年
A Checklist on the Classification and Distribution of the Birds of China Chief editor: Zheng Guangmei, Science Press, Beijing 2005
中国鸟类野外手册（中文版）约翰・马敬能、卡伦・菲利普斯，合作者：荷芬奇，翻译：卢和芬 湖南教育出版社 长沙 2000年
A Field Guide to the Birds of China (Chinese translation) by John MacKinnon, Karen Phillipps, in collaboration with He Fen-qi, translated by Lu Hefen, Hunan Jiaoyu Chubanshe (Hunan Educational Press) Changsha 2000
世界鸟类分类与分布名录 主编：郑光美 科学出版社 北京 2002年
A Checklist on the Classification and Distribution of the Birds of the World Chief editor: Zheng Guangmei, Science Press, Beijing 2002
世界鸟类名称（拉丁文、汉文、英文对照）第二版 郑作新等 科学出版社 北京 2002年
Birds of the World (Latin, Chinese and English Names) 2nd ed. by Cheng Tso-Hsin et al, Science Press, Beijing 2002
中国鸟类分布名录 第二版 郑作新 科学出版社 北京 1976年
(Checklist of the Classification of Birds of China 2nd edition by Cheng Tso-Hsin, Science Press, Beijing 1976)
香港及華南鳥類（第六版）（翻譯成中文及重新修訂） 尹璉、費嘉倫、林超英 香港性徵特區政府新聞處政府印務局 1994年
Birds of Hong Kong and South China (6th edition, translated into Chinese and newly revised) by Clive Viney, Karen Phillipps, Lin Chaoying, Hong Kong Govt. Press 1994
Danh Lục Chim Việt Nam (In lần thứ hai) (Checklist of the Birds of Vietnam) Võ Quý, Nguyễn Cử, Nhà Xuất Bản Nông Nghiệp, Hà Nội 1999
Chim Việt Nam Nguyễn Cử, Lê Trọng Trải, Karen Phillipps; Nhà Xuất Bản Lao Động - Xã Hội, 2000
Danh Lục Các Loài Chim ở Việt Nam (Latinh, Việt, Pháp, Hán) Trần Văn Chánh 2008-2009
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