s-hwuw’qun

Hul’q’umi’num’ Name: s-hwuw’qun

Taxon Name: Cygnus buccinator

“Common” Name: Trumpeter Swan

Cultural Values:

food

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Ecological Community: Freshwater

Wikipedia summary:
The trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator) is a species of swan found in North America. The heaviest living bird native to North America, it is also the largest extant species of waterfowl, with a wingspan of 185 to 304.8 cm (6 ft 2 in to 10 ft 2 in). It is the American counterpart and a close relative of the whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) of Eurasia, and even has been considered the same species

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Observational Data:
First reported: 2019-01-27
Source: iNat
Last reported: 2019-01-27
Source: iNat
Obervation count: 1