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smuqw’a’
- sməq̓ʷaʔ
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heron: blue heron
Details
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smuqw’a’
- sməq̓ʷaʔ
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- Noun
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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]