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alpine chough en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈalpaɪn ˈtʃʌf/
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Meanings

1. A species of bird in the crow family (Corvidae) (Pyrrhocorax graculus), that breeds locally in the highest mountains of southern Europe, the Alps, across central Asia and India.
   • In a sense these sections form refrains to the two couplets, in which two types of material are used: birdsong, consisting of the calls and cries of the alpine chough and the raven, and passages representing the flight of the alpine chough and the flight of the golden eagle. 1989, Robert Sherlaw Johnson, Messiaen, page 138:
   • The alpine chough was seen by Edmund Hillary on his way to the summit of Mount Everest at 28,000 feet, and I believe it is likely that the little cache of biscuits and candy placed on the summit by Tensing Norkay in May, 1953, was visited by alpine choughs on their patrols in search of human debris. 2000, Lawrence W. Swan, Tales of the Himalaya: Adventures of a Naturalist, page 97:
   • 2002, Chough, entry in Maurice Burton, International Wildlife Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Chickaree - crabs, 3rd Edition, page 451, Red-billed and alpine choughs live in mountainous regions, but while the latter is strictly a montane species, the former also occurs at lower altitudes. In most countries where both species are found the alpine chough is more numerous.

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Translations (62)

ca gralla de bec groc (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · ast graya (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · ja 黄嘴烏 (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · fur mierli di mont (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · fur agaçon (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · la Pyrrhocorax graculus (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · it gracchio alpino (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · fur çuvrin (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · cy brân goesgoch Alpaidd (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · sq stërqokë (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · fi alppinaakka (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · eo flavbeka montokorvo (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · ast graya picumariella (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · rm curnagl (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · es chova piquigualda (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · tr sarı gagalı dağ kargası (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · mk галка (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · sc carroghedda de monti (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · sl planinska kavka (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · el κιτρινοκαλιακούδα (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · sh жутокљуна галица (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · da alpeallike (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · hu havasi csóka (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · pl wieszczek (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · ru альпи́йская га́лка (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · is fjallkorpungur (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · sv alpkaja (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · sq stërqoka e malit (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · sq stërqok (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · ast chova (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · ro stăncuță alpină (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · fr chocard à bec jaune (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · fy alpenka (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · hu sárgacsőrű csóka (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · lld agacion (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · fur curnile (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · nl alpenkauw (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · ko 노랑부리까마귀 (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · sq sylëkokë (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · gl gralha de bico vermelho (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · sq sylikokë (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · sq sorrëqokë (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · eu belatxinga moko hori (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · sq cirikokë (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · sh žutokljuna galica (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · uk галка альпiйска (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · fur çorin (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · be альпійская галка (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · br kavan beg melen (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · sc corroga de monte (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · grc πυρροκόραξ (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · no alpekaie (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · sq syqokë (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · fur curnîl (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · oc gralha a bèc jaune (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · cmn 黃嘴山鴉 /黄嘴山鸦 (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · pt gralha-alpina (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · fur corvat di mont (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · ast choya (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · ast cuerva (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · de Alpendohle (Pyrrhocorax graculus) · bg жълтоклюна гарга (Pyrrhocorax graculus)