Species Detail - Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Birds of Ireland".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Chough
NHMSYS0000530800 RecommendedWell-formed
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive >> Annex I Bird Species || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Amber List
pypyr
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bird
Species
1265
172
51
21/07/1978
28/12/2024
1 January (recorded in 2018)
31 December (recorded in 2012)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), accessed 16 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/11757>

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Records per year (across all datasets)