What is Alpine chough?
{{speciesbox | image = Alpine_Chough_by_Jim Higham.jpg | image_caption = Adult of nominate subspecies in Switzerland | image_alt = Black crow-like bird with yellow bill perched on rock with valley in the background | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn | author = BirdLife International | author-link = BirdLife International | title = ''Pyrrhocorax graculus'' | volume = 2012 | page = e.T22705921A38351765 | year = 2012 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T22705921A38351765.en}}</ref> | genus = Pyrrhocorax | species = graculus | authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1766) | range_map = Pyrrhocoraxgraculusmap.png | range_map_caption =Approximate distribution shown in green | range_map_alt= This bird is resident in mountains in Morocco, Spain, southern Europe, Central Asia, India and China | synonyms = ''Corvus graculus'' {{small|Linnaeus,&nbsp;1766}} }} [[File:Pyrrhocorax graculus graculus MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.171.3.jpg|thumb|''Pyrrhocorax graculus graculus'']] The '''Alpine chough''' (''Pyrrhocorax graculus'') is a type of [[bird]] in the [[crow]] family. It is one of only two species in the genus ''Pyrrhocorax''. It nests in the mountains. It can be found in [[Spain]] and [[Morocco]] eastwards through southern Europe to the [[Himalayas]]. The [[golden eagle]] is a [[Predation|predator]] on the chough. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Corvids]] [[Category:Birds of Europe]] [[Category:Birds of Asia]] [[Category:Birds of Africa]] {{Biology-stub}}