Crows (Corvidae)
Yellow-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) - HBW 14, p. 615
French: Chocard à bec jaune
German: Alpendohle
Spanish: Chova Piquigualda
Other common names: Alpine Chough
Taxonomy: Corvus Graculus Linnaeus, 1766, Swiss Alps, Switzerland.
Hybrids with P. pyrrhocorax very rarely reported. Geographical variation slight; some authorities consider that forsythi should be absorbed within digitatus. Three subspecies tentatively recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- graculus ( Linnaeus, 1766) - Morocco (Rif and Atlas ranges), Spain (Cantabrian Mts, Pyrenees and Sierra Nevada), Corsica, throughout Alps, NC Italy (Apennines), and E through former Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece (including Crete), W Bulgaria and S & E Turkey to Caucasus region and N Iran.
- digitatus Ehrenberg, 1833 - SE Turkey, S to Lebanon and Mt Hermon, E across N Iraq to SW Iran (Zagros Mts).
- forsythi Stoliczka, 1874 - C Asia from C & N Afghanistan NE through Pamirs and patchily on through Tien Shan and Altai to Sayan Mts and, in S, from WC & N Pakistan (including isolated population in N Baluchistan) E in Himalayas to Nepal, Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh, and C & SW China.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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eating birds Locality Mittenwald, Bavaria, Germany (ssp graculus)
Daniêl Jimenez 30 April 2012 1 year ago 58 sec 4.6 -
A few birds eating bread, then they fly off. Locality Mittenwald, Bavaria, Germany
Yoel Jimenez 6 May 2012 47 weeks ago 54 sec 4.4 -
eating and calling Locality Mittenwald, Bavaria, Germany (ssp graculus)
Daniêl Jimenez 30 April 2012 1 year ago 16 sec 4.3 -
A few birds eating bread and flying up where it glides in the air. Locality Mittenwald, Bavaria, Germany
Yoel Jimenez 6 May 2012 47 weeks ago 1 min 13 sec 4.3 -
A few birds eating some bread and fly up. Locality Mittenwald, Bavaria, Germany
Yoel Jimenez 6 May 2012 47 weeks ago 50 sec 4.2 -
A bird walking on the ground and feeding Locality Rax-Alpe, Lower Austria, Austria (ssp graculus)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 30 September 2007 5 years ago 32 sec 4.1 -
A group in a grassland, foraging Locality Oukaïmeden, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz Region, Morocco (ssp graculus)
Josep del Hoyo 18 May 2006 6 years ago 28 sec 3.8 -
A bird feeding on a grassland Locality Oukaïmeden, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz Region, Morocco (ssp graculus)
Josep del Hoyo 18 May 2006 6 years ago 16 sec 3.6 -
A bird foraging and a second individual landing next to it Locality Oukaïmeden, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz Region, Morocco (ssp graculus)
Christian Dortu 29 February 2008 4 years ago 29 sec 3.5 -
A bird feeding another one besides a Red-billed Chough Locality Oukaïmeden, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz Region, Morocco (ssp graculus)
Josep del Hoyo 18 May 2006 6 years ago 29 sec 3.5 -
A bird looking for food Locality Langtang Village, Langtang Valley, Langtang National Park, Nepal (ssp digitatus)
John Gregory 1998 5 years ago 16 sec 3.4 -
An individual on a wire, calling once Locality Oukaïmeden, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz Region, Morocco (ssp graculus)
Eldert Groenewoud 27 February 2004 5 years ago 4 sec 3.3 -
Several birds on the wall of a rubbish dump Locality Oukaïmeden, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz Region, Morocco (ssp graculus)
Josep del Hoyo 18 May 2006 6 years ago 23 sec 3.3 -
A bird feeding and calling by the side of a road, then flying away Locality Oukaïmeden, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz Region, Morocco (ssp graculus)
Keith Blomerley 1 March 2010 3 years ago 26 sec 3.3 -
Two birds flying away. Locality Mittenwald, Bavaria, Germany
Yoel Jimenez 30 April 2012 1 year ago 14 sec 3.2 -
A group of birds foraging on the grass Locality Langtang Village, Langtang Valley, Langtang National Park, Nepal (ssp digitatus)
John Gregory 1998 5 years ago 18 sec 3.2 -
An individual feeding on the ground Locality The Pyrenees, Spain (ssp graculus)
Christian Dortu 30 April 1999 9 years ago 28 sec 3.1 -
A flock of birds flying. Locality The Pyrenees, Spain (ssp graculus)
Jesús Laborda 7 February 2011 1 year ago 17 sec 3 -
A bird catching food left by tourists Locality Rhône-Alpes, France
Alain Beaufils 22 May 2010 2 years ago 34 sec 3 -
An individual feeding on the rocks Locality The Pyrenees, Spain (ssp graculus)
Christian Dortu 30 April 1999 9 years ago 26 sec 2.9 -
A bird walking on the ground, looking for food close to the snow Locality Oukaïmeden, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz Region, Morocco (ssp graculus)
Eldert Groenewoud 27 February 2004 5 years ago 6 sec 2.9 -
Two birds perched Locality Oukaïmeden, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz Region, Morocco (ssp graculus)
Eric Roualet 22 March 2009 2 years ago 4 sec 2.5 -
a bird landing Locality Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France
Wout van den Brink 10 August 1996 1 year ago 16 sec 2.3 -
A distant view of a flock foraging on a meadow. Locality Demués, Asturias, Spain (ssp graculus)
Carlos Fabregat 1 August 2006 7 weeks ago 32 sec 2.3 -
A bird foraging around serching for food. Locality Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy
Yoel Jimenez 28 May 2002 1 year ago 20 sec 2
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