Red-billed Chough
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Red-billed Chough

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Khangchendzonga National Park
35 Verified records at Khangchendzonga National Park
May Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

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 a cave or crevice in a cliff face. It builds a wool-lined stick nest and lays three eggs. Wikipedia →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-billed Chough sighting in Khangchendzonga National Park, based on 35 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Khangchendzonga National Park

Alpine Chough
LC

Alpine Chough

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pyrrhocorax graculus

<5% · Rare
Large-billed Crow
LC

Large-billed Crow

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Corvus macrorhynchos

30–40% · Possible
Gold-billed Magpie
LC

Gold-billed Magpie

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Urocissa flavirostris

10–20% · With luck
Gray Treepie
LC

Gray Treepie

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Dendrocitta formosae

10–20% · With luck
Collared Treepie
LC

Collared Treepie

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Dendrocitta frontalis

5–10% · With luck
House Crow
LC

House Crow

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Corvus splendens

5–10% · With luck
Common Green Magpie
LC

Common Green Magpie

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Cissa chinensis

5–10% · Rare
Common Raven
LC

Common Raven

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Corvus corax

<5% · Rare
Eurasian Jay
LC Endemic

Eurasian Jay

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Garrulus glandarius

Insufficient data
Blue Whistling-Thrush
LC

Blue Whistling-Thrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Myophonus caeruleus

40–50% · Likely
Rufous Sibia
LC

Rufous Sibia

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Heterophasia capistrata

40–50% · Likely
Green-backed Tit
LC Endemic

Green-backed Tit

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Parus monticolus

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
5–10
Feb
10–20
Mar
10–20
Apr
30–40
May
10–20
Jun
10–20
Jul
10–20
Aug
10–20
Sep
10–20
Oct
10–20
Nov
10–20
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Picos de Europa National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
50–60%
2 Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
40–50%
3 Hemis National Park 🇮🇳 India
30–40%
4 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
30–40%
5 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
30–40%
6 Jiuzhaigou National Park 🇨🇳 China
20–30%
7 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
20–30%
8 Langtang National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
20–30%
9 Bale Mountains National Park 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
10–20%
10 Khangchendzonga National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
11 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
10–20%
12 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
10–20%
13 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
10–20%
14 Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park 🇲🇳 Mongolia
5–10%
15 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
<5%
16 Monfragüe National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
17 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Red-billed Chough in Khangchendzonga National Park?

About 16% of wildlife watchers report a Red-billed Chough sighting in Khangchendzonga National Park, based on 35 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Red-billed Chough in Khangchendzonga National Park?

May has the highest sighting rate for Red-billed Chough in Khangchendzonga National Park in our monthly data.

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