A Strange Question by Pepper Trail Lyrics

What bird is most like the salmon?

For its life, some great voyager
A restless tern or swallow
Or globe-circling albatross
Forever wheeling toward home

But for its looks, a flicker
Spangled with spots
Bounding through the air
As up a cascading stream

Long-jawed and sleek
Scalloped with scales above
And within, flash of orange-pink
Salmon