An Alpine chough or mountain bird; also spelled 'choccard' in ornithological contexts.
From French, derived from the Old French name for a chough (a corvid bird). The term was adopted into English ornithological terminology through scientific Latin and French naturalist writings.
The Alpine chough or chocard is one of the highest-living birds in the world, found above 20,000 feet in the Himalayas, and ancient mountaineers considered them mystical creatures that appeared near death.
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