Chough

Chough

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Chough cartoon by David TwamleyInternational name: Red-billed chough

Scientific name: Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

Irish name: Cág cosdearg

Diet: Omnivore

Size: 40cm long

Tips on how to find them: A rather distinctive crow when seen at close range, with a slender red bill and red legs; call is a distinctive “key-aww”; can be found year-round on coastal cliffs around Ireland, except for the east.

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