White-winged Chough

The White-winged Chough was first described by French naturalist Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot in 1817 as Coracia melanorhamphos,

The White-winged Chough is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The White-winged Chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos) is one of just two surviving members of the family Corcoracidae, the Australian mud-nest builders, and the only member of the genus Corcorax. Choughs are easily recognised but often mistaken for "crows" — a double mistake, as the birds most frequently called crows in southern Australia are actually ravens. More

White-winged Chough, sitting in nest. White-winged Chough, sitting in nest. Photo: Purnell Collection © Australian Museum White-winged Chough, feeding young at nest. White-winged Chough, feeding young at nest. Photo: Purnell Collection © Australian Museum White-winged Chough, perched on nest. White-winged Chough, perched on nest. More

White-winged Chough of Australia, despite its name, is a member of the family Corcoracidae and only distantly related. The choughs have black plumage and brightly coloured legs, feet, and bills, and are resident in the mountains of southern Eurasia and North Africa. They have long broad wings and perform spectacular aerobatics. Both species pair for life and display fidelity to their breeding sites, which are usually caves or crevices in a cliff face. More

The White-winged Chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos) is one of only two surviving members of the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, and is the only member of the genus Corcorax. It is native to Southern and Eastern Australia and is an example of convergent evolution as it is only distantly related to the European choughs that it closely resembles in shape, and for which it was named. More

The White-winged Chough was first described by French naturalist Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot in 1817 as Coracia melanorhamphos, other names given include Pyrrhocorax leucopterus by Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1820, and Corcorax australis by French naturalist René-Primevère Lesson in 1830. before the current name was settled by Gregory Mathews in 1912. The specific epithet is derived from the Ancient Greek words melano- 'black' and rhamphos 'beak'. More

White-winged Choughs are easily recognised but often mistaken for "crows"—a double mistake, as the birds most frequently called "crows" in Australia are actually ravens (see Australian Raven and Little Raven). The White-winged Chough is a large, black bird—at about 45 cm only a little smaller than a raven or a little larger than an Australian Magpie—but has red eyes and a finer, slightly down-curved beak, similar to a European Chough. These red eyes become swollen and brighter in colour when the bird is excited. More

White-winged Chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos) taken in Swifts Creek, Victoria in December 2007 next (Wood Warbler) last first previous (White-browed Woodswallow) White-winged Chough Copyright and usage info: Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. More

Aspects of the topic white-winged chough are discussed in the following places at Britannica. Assorted References * description (in chough (bird)) ...inches) long and glossy blue-black; the former is red-billed, the latter yellow-billed. These choughs are gregarious, have whistling calls, and are aerial acrobats. In the family Corcoracidae is the white-winged chough (Corcorax melanorhamphus) of Australian forests. More

The White-Winged Chough (pronounced "chuff") can be found in eastern and southern Australia. It is a communal bird living in groups of two to twenty, however usually around five to ten. In winter, after flushes of food, groups can temporarily reach up to 100 birds, but they soon disperse back into normal family groups. Each group usually consists of an adult of each sex plus the young of several seasons. More

White-winged Choughs are a common sight in the Narrabri, New South Wales, region. They are often seen foraging through foliage by the roadside in groups of up to 20 and by the time one has stopped safely and brought the camera in position, they are normally all gone. Seen in Jack's Creek State Forest, 20 km south of Narrabri, in the years 2003-2006. White-winged Choughs were autumn/winter guests 20 km east of Narrabri in 2007 and 2008. More

The white-winged chough is a large black crow-like bird with red eyes, a curved bill, and large white patches on its wings that are visible when it is in flight. The apostlebird is gray and gets its name because it was said it always traveled in groups of 12 birds. More