Alpine chough

Pyrrhocorax graculus
Crows (Corvidae)

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Completely black with a curved yellow beak and red legs. Fingered wingtips and a round tail. Young have a dark beak. 

Often in flocks soaring over mountain peaks gaining great heights with acrobatics display. Nests are found from 2000 to 3000 m. 

⇔ l. 36-40 cm

syn. Yellow-billed Chough

Found exclusively in the high mountains of southern Europe above the timberline. If food becomes scarce they visit residential areas. 

LA:
≈ The CORVUS MONEDULA (Western jackdaw) has a grey head, beak and legs. 
≈ The PYRRHOCORAX PYRRHOCORAX (Red-billed chough) has a red beak. 
≈ The STURNUS UNICOLOR (Spotless starling) has similar colours but is smaller and lives in the Mediterranean area.

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