#1131 · 🐦 birds

Yellow-billed Chough

🇳🇱 Alpenkauw ·Pyrrhocorax graculus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

The Alpine chough (/ˈtʃʌf/), or yellow-billed chough ( Pyrrhocorax graculus ), is a bird in the crow family, one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax . Its two subspecies breed in high mountains from Spain eastwards through southern Europe and North Africa to Central Asia and Nepal, and it may nest at a higher altitude than any other bird. The eggs have adaptations to the thin atmosphere that improve oxygen take-up and reduce water loss.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 12,964iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
12,964 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).