chough
Colorful-legged crow
A chough is a crow-like bird with glossy black plumage and a curved bill, found on sea cliffs and mountains in parts of Europe and Asia.
The red-billed chough and Alpine chough are the two species.
The word rhymes with "stuff." Choughs nested on the coastal cliffs of Cornwall.
Having scarlet mouthparts
- alpineOf high elevations
- jackdawSmall Eurasian crow
- ravenLarge black carrion bird
- crowLarge black corvid
magpie · rook · jay · corvine · passerine · carrion · omnivore · intelligent
Of the shoreline
- precipiceSteep rock face
- ledgeProjecting horizontal surface
- aerieHigh nest of raptors
- creviceNarrow opening in surface
quarry · cave · updraft · acrobatic · soaring · tumbling · aerial · gregarious
At risk of extinction
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- declineDecrease or refuse
- protectedKept from harm
- reintroductionAct of bringing back
population · rarity · monitoring · Cornwall · Wales · Ireland · Scotland
red-billed
Having scarlet mouthparts
crow · magpie · rook · jay · corvine · passerine · carrion · omnivore · intelligent · caching
coastal
Of the shoreline
crevice · quarry · cave · updraft · acrobatic · soaring · tumbling · aerial · gregarious · colony
endangered
At risk of extinction
reintroduction · population · rarity · monitoring · Cornwall · Wales · Ireland · Scotland
glossy
Smooth and shiny
- blackDarkest possible hue
- iridescentShowing shifting spectral colors
- sleekSmooth and elegant
feathers · sheen · wings · curved · red · bill · legs · striking · distinctive · contrast
probing
Thoroughly investigating something
- invertebratesAnimals without vertebral columns
- antsSocial colony insects
- beetlesHard-winged insects