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Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Other related concepts

• Phalacrocorax [auritus or carbo] (taxon group)
• Phalacrocorax [carbo or aristotelis] (taxon group)
• Phalacrocorax [carbo or capillatus] (taxon group)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Groot/Witborsduiker, Witborsduiker
Arabic: الغاق الكبير, الغاق الكبير اللوهة, اللوهة, غاق كبير, غراب البحر, غراب البحر الكبير
Asturian: Cuervu marín grande, Pucagón
Azerbaijani: Böyük qarabatdaq, İri qarabatdaq, Qarabatdaq
Belarusian: Вялікі баклан
Bulgarian: Голям корморан
Bengali: বড় পানকৌড়ি
Breton: Ar vorvran bras, Morvaout, Morvran
Catalan: Corb marí gros, Corba marina grossa
Catalan (Balears): Corb marí gros
Valencian: Corba marina grossa
Czech: Kormorán velký
Welsh: Bilidowcar, Llanciau Llandudno, Morfran, Mulfran, Wil wal waliog
Danish: Skarv
German: Kormoran, Weißbrustkormoran
Greek: (Ευρωπαϊκός) Κορμοράνος, Κορμοράνος
Greek (Cypriot): Κορμοράνος
English: Big Black Cormorant, Black Cormorant, Black Shag, Common Black Cormorant, Common Cormorant, Cormorant, European Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Great or White-breasted Cormorant, Large Black Cormorant, Large Cormorant, White-backed Cormorant, White-breasted Cormorant, White-necked Cormorant
English, HBW: Great Cormorant
English (IOC): Great/White-breasted Cormorant
English (Kenya): Great Cormorant
English (New Zealand): Black Shag
English (Philippines): Great Cormorant
English (United States): Great Cormorant
English (South Africa): Great/White-breasted Cormorant, White-breasted Cormorant
Esperanto: Granda kormorano
Spanish: Cormorán Grande
Spanish (Spain): Cormorán Grande
Spanish (HBW): Cormorán grande
Estonian: karbas, Kormoran
Basque: Corb marí gros, Ubarroi handi, Ubarroi handia
Persian: باکلان بزرگ
Finnish: Merimetso
Faroese: Hiplingur
French: Grand Cormoran, Grand Cormoran ou C. à poitrine blanche
Frisian: Ielguos
Irish: Amplóir, Broigheall
Gaelic: Sgarbh
Galician: Corb marí gros, Corvo mariño grande
Manx: Arragh Vooar, Fannag Varrey, Feeagh Varrey, Scarroo, Shag
Hebrew: קורמורן גדול
Croatian: Veliiki vranac, Veliki Vranac
Hungarian: Kárókatona
Armenian: [Mets Dzknkul ], Մեծ Ձկնկուլ
Indonesian: Burung Pecuk-padi Besar, Pecukpadi Besar, Pecuk-padi besar
Icelandic: Dílaskarfur
Italian: Cormorano, Cormorano comune, Marangone
Japanese (romaji): kawau, Kawa-u
Japanese: カワウ
Japanese (Kanji): 河鵜
Georgian: დიდი ჩვამა
Kazakh: Үлкен суқұзғын, Үлкен сулқүзғыны
Kazakh (Transliteration): ülken sw-quzğın
Greenlandic: Oqaatsoq
Korean: 민물가마우지
Korean (Transliteration): min-mul-gamauji, minmul-gamauji
Cornish: Morvran
Scientific: Pelecanus Carbo, Pelecanus phalacrocorax, Phalacrocorax [carbo or lucidus], Phalacrocorax carbo, Phalacrocorax carbo carbo
Luxembourgish: Kormoran
Lithuanian: Didysis kormoranas, Jūrkranklis, Jūrų kranklys
Latvian: Jūras krauklis, Jūraskrauklis
Maori: kawau
Macedonian: Голем корморан, Нор
Malayalam: വലിയ നീർക്കാക്ക
Mongolian: Тураг гогой, Хар галуу
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠲᠣᠷᠣᠭ ᠭᠣᠭᠣᠢ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠬᠠᠷ᠎ᠠ ᠬᠠᠯᠣ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Хар халуу
Mongolian (Transliteration): khar khaluu, kharg aluu, turag gogoi
Marathi: मोठा पाणकावळा
Malay: Burung Pependang Air, Dendang Air
Maltese: Margun
Nepali: जलेवा
Dutch: Aalscholver, Grote Aalscholver
Norwegian Nynorsk: Storskarv
Norwegian: Kvitlåring, Storskarv
Ossetian: Баклан
Polish: kormoran, kormoran (zwyczajny), Kormoran czarny, Kormoran zwyczajny
Pinyin: hǎi-tí, hēi yú-láng, lúcí, mò yā, pǔtōng lúcí, shuǐ lǎo-guā, shuǐ lǎo-yā, wū-guǐ, yì, yú lǎo-guā, yú-yīng
Portuguese: corvo marinho faces brancas, Corvo-marinho-de-faces-brancas, Corvo-marinho-faces-brancas
Portuguese (Portugal): Corvo-marinho-comum, corvo-marinho-de-faces-brancas
Romansh: cormoran, Cormoran grond
Romanian: Cormoran mare
Russian: Bolshoy Baklan, Баклан большой, Большой баклан
Scots: Sgarbh
Northern Sami: Skárfa
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Maha Diyakava
Slovak: kormorán veľký
Slovenian: Kormoran, veliki kormoran
Albanian: Karabullaku i detit
Serbian: veliki kormoran, veliki vranac, Велики вранак, Велики вранац, Корморан
Swedish: Storskarv, storskarv/vitbröstad skarv
Tamil: Peria Neer Kagam
Thai: นกกาน้ำใหญ่
Thai (Transliteration): nók kaa-náam yày
Turkish: Karabatak, Үлкен суқұзғын
Tuvinian: Кара балыкчы
Ukrainian: Баклан великий , Великий баклан
Vietnamese: Chim Cốc đế, Cốc dế, Cốc đế
Chinese: [luci], [mo ya], [putong luci], [shui lao-ya], [yu-ying], 乌鬼, 墨鸦, 普通鸬鹚, 水老鸦, 水老鸹, 海鸬鹚, 海鹈, 鱼老鸹, 鱼鹰, 鷧, 鸕(茲鳥), 鸕鶿, 鸕鷀, 鸬鹚, 黑鱼郎
Chinese (Traditional): 墨鴉, 普通鸕鶿, 水老鴉, 水老鴰, 海鵜, 烏鬼, 魚老鴰, 魚鷹, 鷧, 鸕鶿, 鸕鷀, 黑魚郎
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 鸕鶿
Chinese (Taiwan): [luci], 鸕鶿, 鸬鹚