ts’e’wi’exun
ts’e’wi’exun
c̓ew̓iʔex̌ən
Noun
    white-winged scoter
Details
Ethnobiological notes
The white-winged scoter is unique among the three local scoter species—or “black ducks”—in having distinctive white wing patches. Actually, only the male of this species is black, the female being dull brown but also with white wing patches. White-winged scoters formerly were caught in nets made of red cedar inner bark. They are an important traditional food source, prepared in soups or by roasting.
Binomial name
[Melanitta fusca (Linnaeus)]