smuqw’a’
smuqw’a’
sməq̓ʷaʔ
Noun
    great blue heron
Details
Ethnobiological notes
The great blue heron is a large, mainly greyish bird that may be mistaken for the sandhill crane. One difference is that the great blue heron flies with its neck folded, unlike the sandhill crane, which flies with its neck extended.
Binomial name
[Ardea herodias Linnaeus]