Alpine Chough

Pyrrhocorax graculus - Chocard à bec jaune

Chocard à bec jaune
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Corvidés

  • Genus
    :

    Pyrrhocorax

  • Species
    :

    graculus

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1766

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 38 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 75 à 79 cm.
  • Weight
    : 160 à 254 g
Longevity

11 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Chocard à bec jaune
adult plum. breeding
Chocard à bec jaune
juvenile

Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) is a species of bird in the Corvidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

  • Pyrrhocorax graculus graculus (Europe and n Africa to n Iran)
  • Pyrrhocorax graculus digitatus (se Turkey to Lebanon, Iraq and sw Iran)
  • Pyrrhocorax graculus forsythi (c Asia)

Foreign names

  • Chocard à bec jaune,
  • Chova piquigualda,
  • gralha-de-bico-amarelo,
  • Alpendohle,
  • havasi csóka,
  • Alpenkauw,
  • Gracchio alpino,
  • alpkaja,
  • Alpekaie,
  • čavka žltozobá,
  • kavče žlutozobé,
  • Alpeallike,
  • alppinaakka,
  • gralla de bec groc,
  • Fjallkorpungur,
  • wieszczek,
  • Alpu kovārnis,
  • planinska kavka,
  • Альпийская галка,
  • キバシガラス,
  • 黄嘴山鸦,
  • alpkaja,
  • 黃嘴山鴉,

Voice song and call

Chocard à bec jaune
adult

Habitat

Chocard à bec jaune
adult plum. breeding

Grassland : Temperate ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Pastureland, Urban Areas

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

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