Red-Billed Chough: A bird that can withstand low temperature, high altitude and low oxygen

Red-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) is a resident in the mountains of W. Pakistan and Himalayas. Longer, more downcurved, red bill is best feature from Alpine Chough. Call is also distinctive. In flight, has broad wing-tips with more pronounced fingered primaries, and square-ended tail which equals with of wing-base. Vigorous digging with downcurved bill can aid identification. Juvenile lacks metallic gloss of adult, has dark legs, and shorter browner bill. Voice : A far-carrying, nasal chaow ... chaow. Habitat : High mountains, alpine pastures and cultivation. Source : Helm Field Guide This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of 50, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, XDCAM and 4K. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Please subscribe to our channel wildfilmsindia on Youtube for a steady stream of videos from across India. Also, visit and enjoy your journey across India at www.clipahoy.com , India's first video-based social networking experience! Reach us at rupindang @ gmail . com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com