Red-billed Chough

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax - Crave à bec rouge

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Corvidés
Genus
:
Pyrrhocorax
Species
:
pyrrhocorax

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics

Size
: 41 cm
Wingspan
: 76 à 80 cm.
Weight
: 280 à 360 g

Longevity

14 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Red-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) is a species of bird in the Corvidae family.

Subspecific information 8 subspecies

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (British Isles)
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax erythroramphos (Iberian Pen. to Switzerland and n Italy)
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax barbarus (nw Africa and Canary Is.)
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax docilis (se Europe to Afghanistan and Pakistan)
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax centralis (c Asia)
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax himalayanus (Himalayas, n India and w China)
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax brachypus (ne and e China)
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax baileyi (n and c Ethiopia)

Foreign names

Crave à bec rouge,
Chova piquirroja,
gralha-de-bico-vermelho,
Alpenkrähe,
havasi varjú,
Alpenkraai,
Gracchio corallino,
alpkråka,
Alpekråke,
čavka červenozobá,
kavče červenozobé,
Alpekrage,
alppivaris,
gralla de bec vermell,
Bjargkorpungur,
wrończyk (zwyczajny),
Alpu vārna,
planinska vrana,
Клушица,
ベニハシガラス,
红嘴山鸦,
紅嘴山鴉,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Shrubland : Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation ; Grassland : Temperate ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Tidepools ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Pastureland