---
title: "White-winged Chough"
description: "Corcorax melanorhamphos — Aves. The white-winged chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos) is one of only two surviving species of the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, and is the only member of the genus Corcorax."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/white-winged-chough
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-winged Chough

> Corcorax melanorhamphos — Aves. The white-winged chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos) is one of only two surviving species of the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, and is the only member of the genus Corcorax.

- Scientific name: *Corcorax melanorhamphos*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 6216
- Wikidata: [Q971196](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q971196)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8658](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8658)

## Names

- en: White-winged Chough
- de: Drosselkrähe
- es: Corvino Negro
- fr: Corbicrave leucoptère
- nl: Modderkraai
- pl: Skałowron

## Countries with the most observations

AU (6031)

## Summary

The white-winged chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos) is one of only two surviving species of the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, and is the only member of the genus Corcorax. It is native to southern and eastern Australia and is an example of convergent evolution as it is only distantly related to the European choughs that it closely resembles in shape, and for which it was named.

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

## Photo

![White-winged Chough](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-winged-chough/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Cull · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/262904982

## Machine access

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