Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus)
The Alpine Chough is distributed in the mountains of southern Europe, northern Africa, Turkey, Iran and into central China. It is only rarely found below 1500 metres.
Alpine Chough
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Cornish choughs
This red-legged, red-billed member of the crow family earned itself the name 'Cornish chough' because of its close association with the county for several hundred years.
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Chough, Alpine Pyrrhocorax graculus Found: Europe, Asia, Africa
Photographed by: 1) Gertjan Hooijer 2) Peter Wey in Switzerland ...
Chough country
Bill Oddie Goes Wild
Hares and wheatears are seen on a trip to find red-billed choughs.
When I think of the birds of the Alps, the first names that come to mind are Alpine Chough, Bearded Vulture, Snowfinch, Alpine Accentor and - of course - the Wallcreeper.
A short walk takes you to the cliff overlooking the beach and to a bird hide on a small pond. One day I wandered on the cliffs where I had a flock of 7 Cliff Chough, 15 Oystercatchers, Gannets, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Stonechat.
Yellow-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus)
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Their family also includes the jays, magpies, choughs, and nutcrackers. Crows are found on every continent except South America and Antarctica.
It is one of two remaining species, with the White-winged Chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos), which differs in appearance but exhibits many behavioural similarities.
 See also: Crow, Flamingo, Finch, Warbler, Magpie
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