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Alpine Chough or Yellow-billed Chough

Pyrrhocorax graculus

Photo by SukanyaDatta
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

All black plumage. Reddish legs. Yellow bill. Slim build.

Habitat:

Caught this one in the Himalayan region of Ladakh. There was water nearby.

Notes:

Usually soars; rarely sits.
Please also see Red-billed Chough: https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/395516068

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Alpine chough

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PublishedJune 18, 2014

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