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White-winged chough

Corcorax melanorhamphos (Vieillot, 1817)

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The white-winged chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos) is a species in the family Corcoracidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 364 g to 376 g and live up to 16.3 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the white-winged chough

Weight
364 g – 376 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
16.3 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
18.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
3.6 – 3.9src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
1.5src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

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Where does the white-winged chough live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The white-winged chough is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the white-winged chough?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The white-winged chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos) is one of only two surviving species of the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, and is the only member of the genus Corcorax. It is native to southern and eastern Australia and is an example of convergent evolution as it is only distantly related to the European choughs that it closely resembles in shape, and for which it was named.

From the Wikipedia article “White-winged chough” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White-winged_chough&oldid=1380349315), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the white-winged chough endangered?

The white-winged chough is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the white-winged chough classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCorcoracidae
  6. genusCorcorax
  7. SpeciesCorcorax melanorhamphos (Vieillot, 1817)

Synonyms Coracia melanorhamphos, Corcorax australis, Corcorax melanoramphos, Corcorax melanorhamphos subniger

Other names and names in other languages (36)
  • زمت أبيض الجناحينArabic
  • Белокрила чавкаBulgarian
  • corvinaCatalan
  • Gralla d'ales blanquesCatalan
  • kavčík bělokřídlýCzech
  • apostol duWelsh
  • Hvidvinget FløjteskadeDanish
  • DrosseltöpferkräheGerman
  • DrosselkräheGerman
  • nigra korkorakoEsperanto
  • Corvino negroSpanish
  • زاغ بالسفیدPersian
  • mutavarisFinnish
  • Corbicrave leucoptèreFrench
  • קורקס לבן-כנףHebrew
  • crna blatašicaCroatian
  • szarkavarjúHungarian
  • Gracchio alibiancheItalian
  • Gracchio australianoItalian
  • オオツチスドリJapanese
  • 큰흙집새Korean
  • juodasis apaštalasLithuanian
  • ModderkraaiDutch
  • pottemakerfuglNorwegian
  • skałowronPolish
  • corvino-negroPortuguese
  • corvino-pretoPortuguese
  • ВайюRussian
  • Белокрылый сорочий жаворонокRussian
  • kraka bielokrídlaSlovak
  • Belokrila čavkaSerbian
  • kidnapparfågelSwedish
  • Ak Kanatlı KargaTurkish
  • крагеUkrainian
  • 白翅擬鴉Chinese
  • 白翅澳鸦Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the white-winged chough

Other species in the same family Corcoracidae.

LC, Least Concern
Apostlebird (Struthidea cinerea)

Apostlebird

Struthidea cinerea

Corcoracidae

CompareWhite-winged chough vs Apostlebird

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the white-winged chough?

An adult white-winged chough weighs 364 g – 376 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the white-winged chough live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the white-winged chough for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the white-winged chough endangered?

The white-winged chough is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the white-winged chough live?

The white-winged chough has a recorded lifespan of 16.3 years.

What kind of animal is the white-winged chough?

The white-winged chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos) belongs to the family Corcoracidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{white_winged_chough_2026,
  title = {White-winged chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-winged-chough},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}