Listen to the Red-billed chough
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About the Red-billed chough
The Red-billed chough is a bird in the family Corvidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 82 cm and weigh around 312 g.
What does the Red-billed chough sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
From Wikipedia
The red-billed chough, Cornish chough or simply chough ( CHUF; Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) is a bird in the crow family, one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax. Its eight subspecies breed on mountains and coastal cliffs from the western coasts of Ireland and Britain east through southern Europe, North Africa and Middle East to Central Asia, India and China.
This bird has glossy black plumage, a long curved red bill, red legs, and a loud, ringing call. It has a buoyant acrobatic flight with widely spread primaries. The red-billed chough pairs for life and displays fidelity to its breeding site, which is usually a cave or crevice in a cliff face. It builds a wool-lined stick nest and lays three eggs. It feeds, often in flocks, on short grazed grassland, taking mainly invertebrate prey.
Related birds in the genus Pyrrhocorax
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Frequently asked questions
What does a Red-billed chough sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Red-billed chough on this page. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Red-billed chough endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Red-billed chough as “least concern”.
What family does the Red-billed chough belong to?
The Red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) belongs to the family Corvidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) (W PYRRHOCORAX PYRRHOCORAX R1 C17) – CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q643836 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Red-billed chough – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by "Malte Uhl" – CC BY-SA 2.5