Chough


[chuhf] /tʃʌf/

noun
1.
any of several crowlike Old World birds, especially Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, of Europe.
/tʃʌf/
noun
1.
a large black passerine bird, Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, of parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, with a long downward-curving red bill: family Corvidae (crows)
2.
alpine chough, a smaller related bird, Pyrrhocorax graculus, with a shorter yellow bill

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