Red-billed Chough
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Red-billed Chough

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Sierra de Guadarrama National Park
491 Verified records at Sierra de Guadarrama National Park
April 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 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park, based on 491 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Sierra de Guadarrama National Park

Eurasian Magpie
LC

Eurasian Magpie

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Pica pica

50–60% · Likely
Carrion Crow
LC

Carrion Crow

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Corvus corone

50–60% · Likely
Common Raven
LC

Common Raven

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Corvus corax

30–40% · Possible
Iberian Magpie
LC

Iberian Magpie

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cyanopica cooki

20–30% · Possible
Eurasian Jay
LC Endemic

Eurasian Jay

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Garrulus glandarius

20–30% · Possible
Chaffinch
LC

Chaffinch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Fringilla coelebs

60–70% · Likely
Eurasian Blackbird
LC Endemic

Eurasian Blackbird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Turdus merula

60–70% · Likely
Great Tit
LC Endemic

Great Tit

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Parus major

60–70% · Likely
European Robin
LC

European Robin

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Erithacus rubecula

50–60% · Likely
Blue Tit
LC

Blue Tit

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cyanistes caeruleus

50–60% · Likely
Spotless Starling
LC

Spotless Starling

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Sturnus unicolor

40–50% · Likely
White Wagtail
LC

White Wagtail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Motacilla alba

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
10–20
Feb
10–20
Mar
10–20
Apr
10–20
May
10–20
Jun
10–20
Jul
5–10
Aug
10–20
Sep
10–20
Oct
5–10
Nov
5–10
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 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park?

About 12% of wildlife watchers report a Red-billed Chough sighting in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park, based on 491 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Red-billed Chough in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park?

April has the highest sighting rate for Red-billed Chough in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park in our monthly data.

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