Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCorvidae (Còrvids)
- GenusPyrrhocorax (Choughs)
- SpeciesPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (Red-billed Chough)
Closest Relatives at Sierra Nevada National Park
Eurasian Magpie
Pica pica
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandarius
Iberian Magpie
Cyanopica cooki
Common Raven
Corvus corax
Carrion Crow
Corvus corone
Eurasian Blackbird
Turdus merula
European Serin
Serinus serinus
Eurasian Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis
Great Tit
Parus major
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapilla
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephala
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Jiuzhaigou National Park | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 6 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Langtang National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 8 | Bale Mountains National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 9 | Khangchendzonga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 11 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 12 | Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | |
| 13 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 14 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 15 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Red-billed Chough in Sierra Nevada National Park?
About 8% of visitor-days record a Red-billed Chough sighting in Sierra Nevada National Park, based on 328 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Red-billed Chough in Sierra Nevada National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Red-billed Chough in Sierra Nevada National Park in our monthly data.