{"id":25410,"date":"2012-11-05T14:31:49","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T13:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/large-landbirds\/alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus\/"},"modified":"2024-12-05T10:29:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T09:29:03","slug":"alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/large-landbirds\/alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus), also called Yellow-billed Chough iis a Eurasian member of the crow family, Corvidae. It breeds locally in the highest mountains of southern Europe, the Alps, across central Asia and Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>It is resident throughout its range. A prehistoric subspecies that lived in Europe during the last ice age was described as Pyrrhocorax graculus vetus. It is closely related to the Red-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) and shares its glossy black plumage and red legs. However, the Alpine Chough&#8217;s long curved bill is yellow rather than red.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-282-25410\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2096\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus\/alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus-9.jpg\" title=\"Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) at Stauberen SG, Switzerland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) at Stauberen SG, Switzerland\" alt=\"Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus\/thumbs\/thumbs_alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus-9.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2095\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus\/alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus-8.jpg\" title=\"Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) at Stauberen SG, Switzerland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) at Stauberen SG, Switzerland\" alt=\"Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus\/thumbs\/thumbs_alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus-8.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2094\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus\/alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus-7.jpg\" title=\"Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) at Stauberen SG, Switzerland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) at Stauberen SG, Switzerland\" alt=\"Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus\/thumbs\/thumbs_alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus-7.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2093\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus\/alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus-6.jpg\" title=\"Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) at Stauberen SG, Switzerland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) at Stauberen SG, Switzerland\" alt=\"Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus\/thumbs\/thumbs_alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus-6.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2092\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus\/alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus-5.jpg\" title=\"Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) at Stauberen SG, Switzerland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) at Stauberen SG, Switzerland\" alt=\"Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus\/thumbs\/thumbs_alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus-5.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2091\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus\/alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus-4.jpg\" title=\"Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) at Stauberen SG, Switzerland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) at Stauberen SG, Switzerland\" alt=\"Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus\/thumbs\/thumbs_alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2090\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus\/alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus-3.jpg\" title=\"Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) at Stauberen SG, Switzerland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) at Stauberen SG, Switzerland\" alt=\"Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus\/thumbs\/thumbs_alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2089\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a 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href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus\/alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus-1.jpg\" title=\"Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) at Stauberen SG, Switzerland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) at Stauberen SG, Switzerland\" alt=\"Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus\/thumbs\/thumbs_alpine-chough-pyrrhocorax-graculus-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus), also called Yellow-billed Chough iis a Eurasian member of the crow family, Corvidae. It breeds locally in the highest mountains of southern Europe, the Alps, across central Asia and Kashmir. It is resident throughout its range. A prehistoric subspecies that lived in Europe during the last ice age was described [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1178,"featured_media":828044,"parent":17615,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[2017,2018],"class_list":["post-25410","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-alpine-chough","tag-pyrrhocorax-graculus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25410\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/828044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}