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title: "Gralha-de-bico-vermelho"
description: "Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax — Aves. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/red-billed-chough
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gralha-de-bico-vermelho

> Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax — Aves. 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.

- Scientific name: *Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Montanhas)
- iNaturalist observations: 10629
- Wikidata: [Q643836](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q643836)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8349](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8349)

## Names

- en: Red-billed Chough
- de: Alpenkrähe
- es: Chova piquirroja
- fr: Crave à bec rouge
- nl: Alpenkraai
- pt: Gralha-de-bico-vermelho
- pl: Wrończyk

## Countries with the most observations

ES (2505), GB (1170), FR (1049), RU (1016), CN (673), IE (355), PT (350), IT (277), MA (244), MN (199), DZ (171), IN (142)

## Summary

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…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-billed_chough

## Photo

![Gralha-de-bico-vermelho](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-billed-chough/medium.jpg)

Photo: Aiken Lau · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/298637964

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-billed-chough?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).