A large black bird with red legs and a curved red bill, belonging to the crow family, found in mountainous regions of Europe and Asia.
From Middle English chough or chughe, of uncertain origin but possibly imitative of the bird's call, or related to Old English ceo 'jackdaw.' The modern spelling became established by the 16th century.
Red-billed choughs are so rare in Britain that finding one is considered a major wildlife event—they're so uncommon there that they even appear on the Cornwall coat of arms as a symbol of the region!
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