Red-billed chough / Alpenkrähe (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)

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Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Pyrrhocorax (Pyrrhocorax); Family Corvidae (Corvidae)
endangered Vocalization:Easily distinguished from the thin, trilling, whistling sounds of Alpine Chough. [Link]

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=39-40 cm, wingspan=73-90 cm, weight=260-350 g
Habitats: Mountain

Vocalisation

Calls: Calls:Ebird: Gives a variety of calls, including a loud “chaw!”, as well as higher-pitched gull-like mewing calls. [Link]
Call: A rapidly descending "keeaaaw", sometimes resembling a coarse jackdaw. At other times a more mewing sound, with similar coarseness, or a sharper, descending "kieew". [Link] 1: Higher-pitched falling graak.
2: Automatically generated from Xeno-Canto recording.

XC417702 - Red-billed Chough - Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax - flight call recorded in Spain. Spain


Call attributes: Call melody: non-musical, slow, Frequency: low (1-3 KHz), Special sounds: cawing.