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Pyrrhocorax graculus
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Possible
regional races (polytypic)
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-Pyrrhocorax graculus forsythi, Stoliczka, 1874, Stray Feathers, 2 no.4 p462
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-Pyrrhocorax graculus graculus, (Linnaeus), 1766, Syst.Nat.ed.12 p158
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Historical notes on Alpine Chough, Pyrrhocorax graculus forsythi
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 Alpine Chough, Pyrrhocorax graculus forsythi - adult Tapovan (4460m), 4kms from Gaumukh Glacier, Uttarakhand, India on 29 June, 2011 Few were seen in the afternoon - DD Habits: According to Stoliczka this species is very social, and frequently visits the camp of the traveller in Spiti and Ladak; it is here quite as familiar and quite as noisy in the neighbourhood of villages and camping-grounds as Corvus splendens throughout India. This bird breeds in holes of cliffs, but the finding of the nest has not yet been recorded from Indian localities.  Alpine Chough near Gaumukh Glacier, Uttarakhand, India |
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