skyar mo

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སྐྱར་མོ
heron [RY]

mergamser linnaeus, mergonser, kind of water fowl, heron, flesh of this fowl is antidote for certain poison [JV]

heron, again [IW]

(med) Cattle egret (Bubulcus coromandus) (David Holler, Tibetbirds.com)
Synonyms : nya khra, chu skyar ('Jam-dpal)

skyar mo ni / nya khra zer bai sngon du ti tig gu ling zas chen ma zhes pa bsam gtan chos drug gi nang tshan gcig te chu skyar zer / bya las che tsam dkar po 'dab ring phra chu 'gram du 'dug nas nya mthong ba'i tsam du len thub te / bshad rgyud du / brtag la skyar mo nya len shin tu bcos / zhes dang / shel sgong las / skyar mo'i sha yis nya shar spyar dug sel // zhes bshad // (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print p 259)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (23_090) skyar mo (33_063) skyar mo'i spu gzhob sha. 'Jam-dpal (print p 259) skyar mo

Despite the similarities in plumage to the egrets of the genus Egretta, it is more closely related to the herons (wikipedia).
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 12:56, 23 February 2024 (EST)