Flying alpine chough

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Flying alpine chough

Flying alpine chough

An alpine chough (Alpendohle) flying above the Marktschellenberg-Berchtesgaden valley and the snow-covered top of the Untersberg. Hoher Göll, Hohes Brett and Hochkönig in the background. Photo taken on April 4th, 2013 from Salzburger Hochthron.
EricChu
on Jan 31, 2015 3:38 pm
Lat/Lon: 47.71819°N / 13.00576°E
Image ID: 928600

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Nanuls

Nanuls - Jan 31, 2015 3:49 pm - Voted 10/10

Nice!

Great shot Eric, I love these birds!

We have chough near where I live, they are Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax so not sure if they are the same genus as yours.

EricChu

EricChu - Jan 31, 2015 4:05 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Nice!

Thanks a lot, Dan - these alpine choughs are called Pyrrhocorax graculus, but they are very closely related to the Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, the red-billed chough. The ones you see on the Untersberg have yellow bills.
Cheers,
Eric

alpinbeta

alpinbeta - Jan 31, 2015 5:54 pm - Voted 10/10

Great capture!

Congrat, Eric! This chough is the same one we can see in the Dolomites, i think...

EricChu

EricChu - Jan 31, 2015 5:57 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Great capture!

Yes, exactly the same!
Thanks for your comment! :-)
Cheers,
Eric

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