Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Biome: Marine .

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.8     Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.4     Grassland - Temperate   
  
•     6     Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs , mountain peaks)   
  
•     12     Marine Intertidal   
  
•     12.1     Marine Intertidal - Rocky Shoreline   
  
•     12.6     Marine Intertidal - Tidepools   
  
•     13     Marine Coastal/Supratidal   
  
•     13.1     Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.2     Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (Linnaeus, 1758) • Pyrrhocorax Tunstall 1771

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Pyrrhocorax

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. graculus (Yellow-Bellied Chough) · P. graculus graculus (Yellow-Bellied Chough) · P. pyrrhocorax (Red-Billed Chough)

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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2009. Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 08, 2007:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
• European Environment Agency, EUNIS
• GBIF-Spain, BDBCV BioBlitz in Penyagolosa
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Environment and Heritage Service - EHS Species Datasets

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3994
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-562653
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4490920
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 562653
• IUCN ID: 238423
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 146377

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