Cormorant - Cormorant

Japanese: ウ(鵜) - ウ

A general term for birds of the cormorant family. Many of these large water birds are completely black. There are about 30 species distributed worldwide. There are four species in Japan: the Japanese cormorant, the great cormorant, the pelican cormorant, and the red-faced cormorant. They build large nests in trees or on rocks and prey on fish. A type of cormorant lives in large numbers on islands off the coast of Peru, and their droppings are used as guano. The common cormorant of the Galapagos Islands is famous for being flightless. The red-faced cormorant is classified as endangered, while the pelican cormorant is classified as endangered (Ministry of the Environment's 4th Red List). → Cormorant fishing

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Japanese:

ウ科の鳥の総称。大型の水鳥で全身黒色のものが多い。世界的に分布し約30種。日本にはウミウ，カワウ，ヒメウ，チシマウガラスの４種。樹上または岩上に大集団で巣を作り，魚を捕食。ペルー沖の島にはウの一種が無数にすみ，その糞(ふん)はグアノとして利用される。ガラパゴス諸島のコバネウは飛べないので有名。チシマウガラスは絶滅危惧IA類，ヒメウは絶滅危惧IB類（環境省第４次レッドリスト）。→鵜飼い

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