Taxonomic status:

Species status: nominal subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Phalacrocorax lucidus

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Witborsduiker
Arabic: غاق كبير (ابيض الصدر)
Asturian: Cuervu marín grande (ventriblancu)
Azerbaijani: İri qarabatdaq (lucidus yarımnövü)
Bulgarian: Белогърд корморан, Голям корморан (ssp. lucidus)
Catalan: Corb marí gorjablanc, Corb marí gros (ventreblanc)
Czech: kormorán běloprsý, kormorán velký (ssp. lucidus)
Welsh: Mulfran fronwen
Danish: Hvidbrystet Skarv
German: Kormoran (lucidus), Weißbrustkormoran
Greek: Αφρικαvικός κoρμoράvoς, Κορμοράνος (lucidus)
English: Great Cormorant (White-breasted), White-breasted Cormorant, White-breasted Cormorant (lucidus), White-breasted Cormorant (White-breasted)
English, HBW: Great Cormorant (White-breasted)
English (IOC): White-breasted Cormorant
English (New Zealand): Black Shag (White-breasted)
English (Philippines): Great Cormorant (White-breasted)
English (United States): Great Cormorant (White-breasted)
English (South Africa): White-breasted Cormorant, White-breasted Cormorant (White-breasted)
Esperanto: Blankbrusta kormorano
Spanish: Cormorán Cuelliblanco, Cormorán grande (lucidus), Cormorán Grande (ventriblanco)
Spanish (Spain): Cormorán Grande (lucidus), Cormorán grande (ventriblanco)
Spanish (HBW): Great Cormorant (White-breasted)
Estonian: Valgerind-kormoran, valgerind-kormoran (valgerind-karbas)
Basque: Ubarroi handia (lucidus)
Persian: باکلان بزرگ (lucidus)
Finnish: Afrikanmerimetso, merimetso (lucidus)
French: Cormoran à poitrine blanche, Cormoran à poitrine blanche (lucidus), Cormoran à poitrine blanche (nominal), Cormoran à poitrine blanche (nominale), Cormoran à poitrine blanche (race nominale), Grand Cormoran (à poitrine blanche), Grand Cormoran (lucidus)
Irish: Broigheall broinnbhán
Galician: Corvo mariño de peito branco, Corvo mariño grande (de ventre branco)
Hebrew: קורמורן גדול (לבן-חזה)
Croatian: bjelovrati vranac
Hungarian: Fehérbegyű károkatona, Kárókatona (lucidus)
Armenian: Մեծ ձկնկուլ (lucidus)
Icelandic: Dílaskarfur (lucidus), Hvítskarfur
Italian: Cormorane pettobianco, Cormorano pettobianco
Japanese (romaji): kawau (lucidus)
Japanese: カワウ (lucidus), カワウ（lucidus）
Scientific: Halieus lucidus, Phalacrocorax carbo lucidus, Phalacrocorax carbo patricki, Phalacrocorax lucidus, Phalacrocorax lucidus lucidus, Phalacrocorax lugubris
Lithuanian: Baltakrūtis kormoranas, Didysis kormoranas (lucidus)
Latvian: Baltkrūšu jūras krauklis
Mongolian: далайн халуу
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): далайн халуу
Dutch: Aalscholver (lucidus), Afrikaanse aalscholver, Witborstaalscholver
Norwegian: Hvidbrystskarv, Hvitbrystskarv, storskarv (lucidus), storskarv (lucidus) (hvitbrystskarv)
Polish: kormoran (lucidus), kormoran białoszyi
Portuguese: corvo-marinho-de-faces-brancas, Corvo-marinho-de-peito-branco
Portuguese (Portugal): Corvo-marinho-comum (lucidus), corvo-marinho-de-faces-brancas (lucidus), corvo-marinho-de-peito-branco
Rhaeto-Romance: Cormoran dal pèz alv
Romanian: Cormoran mare african
Russian: Белогрудый баклан, Большой баклан (lucidus)
Slovak: kormorán bieloprsý, kormorán bieloprsý (skup.)
Slovenian: Beloprsi kormoran, Kormoran (lucidus), Veliki kormoran (lucidus)
Serbian: Belogrudi vranac, Veliki vranac (lucidus)
Swedish: storskarv (vitbröstad skarv), vitbröstad skarv
Thai: นกกาน้ำใหญ่ (อกขาว)
Turkish: Ak Göğüslü Karabatak, Karabatak (lucidus)
Ukrainian: баклан білошиїй
Chinese: 普通鸬鹚 (lucidus), 白胸鸬鹚
Chinese (Traditional): 白胸鸕鷀