Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Phalacrocorax [carbo or lucidus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other related concepts

• Phalacrocorax [auritus x carbo] (hybrid)
• Phalacrocorax [carbo x sulcirostris] (hybrid)
• Phalacrocorax carbo [carbo or sinensis] (phenotype)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Abkhazian: аБабыҟә, аБақьлан
Afrikaans: Witborsduiker
Altai: кара кас
Arabic: الغاق الكبير, الغاق الكبير اللوهة, اللوهة, غراب البحر, غراب البحر الكبير
Asturian: Pucagón
Azerbaijani: Böyük qarabatdaq, iri qarabatdaq, Qarabatdaq
Belarusian: Баклан вялікі, Вялiкi баклан, Вялікі баклан
Bulgarian: Голям корморан
Bengali: ফড় ঩ানমকৌচড় , বড় পানকৌড়ি
Bengali (transliteration): baṛa pānakauṛi
Breton: Ar vorvran bras, Morvaout, Morvran
Catalan: Corb marí gros, Corba marina grossa
Catalan (Balears): Corb marí gros
Valencian: Corba marina grossa
Montenegrin: vranac, вранац
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): вранац
Czech: Kormorán velký
Chuvash: пăркасан, пысăк баклан
Welsh: Bilidowcar, Llanciau Llandudno, Morfran, Mulfran, Wil wal waliog
Danish: Skarv
German: Kormoran, Kormoran-carbo
Greek: (Ευρωπαϊκός) Κορμοράνος, Κορμοράνος
Greek (Cypriot): Κορμοράνος
English: Black Cormorant, Common Cormorant, Cormorant, Great cormorant, North Atlantic Great Cormorant
English (Kenya): Great Cormorant
English (New Zealand): Black Shag
English (Philippines): Great Cormorant
English (South Africa): White-breasted Cormorant
Esperanto: Granda kormorano , Nigra kormorano
Spanish: Cormoran Grande, Cormorán grande
Spanish (Spain): Cormorán Grande
Estonian: karbas, Kormoran, kormoran (karbas), Kormoran e. karbas
Basque: Corb marí gros, Ubarroi handi, Ubarroi handia
Evenki: syleen
Persian: باکلان بزرگ
Finnish: Merimetso
Faroese: Hiplingur
French: Grand Cormoran
Friulian: corvat di aghe, corvat di mâr
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: Veliki Vranac
Hungarian: Kárókatona
Armenian: [Mets Dzknkul ], Մեծ Ձկնկուլ
Indonesian: Burung Pecuk-padi Besar, Pecukpadi Besar
Icelandic: Dílaskarfur
Italian: Cormorano, Marangone
Japanese (romaji): kawau, Kawa-u
Japanese: カワウ
Japanese (Kanji): 河鵜
Georgian: დიდი ჩვამა
Kara-Kalpak: үлкен қарабай
Kabardian: хыбабыщ
Mongolian, Halh: цагаан цээжит гогой
Kazakh: Үлкен суқұзғын, үлкен суқұзғыны, Үлкен сулқүзғыны
Kazakh (Transliteration): ülken sw-quzğın
Greenlandic: Oqaatsoq
Korean: 민물가마우지
Korean (Transliteration): min-mul-gamauji, minmul-gamauji
Karachay-Balkar: агъач къаз, бакълан, къарабай, тенгиз къузгъун
North Karelian: merimeččo
Cornish: Morvran
Kirghiz: ири кара каз
Scientific: Pelecanus Carbo, Phalacrocorax carbo, Phalacrocorax carbo carbo, Phalacrocorax gregorii
Luxembourgish: Kormoran
Lithuanian: Didysis kormoranas, Jūrkranklis, Jūrų kranklys
Latvian: Jūras krauklis
Maori: kawau
Macedonian: Голем корморан, Нор
Malayalam: വലിയ നീർക്കാക്ക
Mongolian: Тураг гогой, Хар галуу, цагаан цээжит гогой
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
Moldavian: Cormoran mare
Montagnais (Innu-aimun): uapitukuan
Malay: Burung Pependang Air, Dendang Air
Maltese: Margun
Nepali: जलेवा
Dutch: Aalscholver, Grote Aalscholver
Norwegian: Kvitlåring, Storskarv
Livvi (Olonets Karelian): kaglushaikar, kaglushaikaran
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, Corvo-marinho-de-faces-brancas, Corvo-marinho-faces-brancas
Portuguese (Portugal): Corvo-marinho-comum
Romansh: cormoran, Cormoran grond
Romanian: Cormoran mare
Russian: 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
Tamil: Peria Neer Kagam
Tajik: моҳихӯраки калон
Thai: นกกาน้ำใหญ่
Thai (Transliteration): nók kaa-náam yày
Turkmen: uly garajagaz
Turkish: Karabatak, Үлкен суқұзғын
Tatar: диңгез козгыны, зур баклан
Tuvinian: балыкчы балыкчылар балыкчызы, Кара балыкчы
Udmurt: баклан
Ukrainian: Баклан великий , Великий баклан
Uzbek: катта қорабўзов, катта қоравой, қоравой-1, харом қоравой
Vietnamese: Chim Cốc đế, Cốc dế, Cốc đế
Kalmyk: ик бакльг
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 , 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, 黑魚郎
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 鸕鶿
Chinese (Taiwan): [luci], 鸕鶿, 鸬鹚