Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (25)
- Monotypic
Jaume Orta, Francesc Jutglar, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 14, 2014
Text last updated April 14, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | corb marí del Japó |
| Chinese | 丹氏鸕鷀 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 暗绿背鸬鹚 |
| Czech | kormorán japonský |
| Dutch | Japanse Aalscholver |
| English | Japanese Cormorant |
| English (United States) | Japanese Cormorant |
| Finnish | japaninmerimetso |
| French | Cormoran de Temminck |
| French (France) | Cormoran de Temminck |
| German | Japankormoran |
| Icelandic | Glitskarfur |
| Japanese | ウミウ |
| Korean | 가마우지 |
| Norwegian | japanskarv |
| Polish | kormoran japoński |
| Russian | Японский баклан |
| Serbian | Japanski vranac |
| Slovak | kormorán vlasatý |
| Slovenian | Japonski kormoran |
| Spanish | Cormorán Japonés |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cormorán japonés |
| Swedish | japansk skarv |
| Turkish | Japon Karabatağı |
| Ukrainian | Баклан японський |
Phalacrocorax capillatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1849)
PROTONYM:
Carbo capillatus
Temminck & Schlegel, 1849. Fauna Japonica sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam, jussu et auspiciis superiorum, qui summum in India Batava imperium tenent, suscepto, annis 1825-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit. Vol. 4. Aves, pl.83 ?.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Japan.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PHALACROCORAX
- phalacrocorax
- capillata / capillatus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Japanese Cormorant
