skyung ka

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སྐྱུང་ཀ
jackdaw, choughs, pyrrhocorora graculus, bird of the crow family common in the Tibetan high plateau; it has a black body with red beak and claws [JV]

jackdaw, black bird w red beak and feet [IW]

(med) Red-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) (Drungtso 1999)
Synonyms : dpyid 'bod, bdud bya (Jam-dpal)

skyung ka ni / dpyid 'bod / bdud bya zer / shing la gnas pa'i skya ga 'dra la nag po mchu dmar po 'dug / rgyud las / khron gyis brko ba'i sde la bshad / (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print 224)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (23_021) skyung ka. Jam-dpal (print p 224) skyung ka

"Corvids, crows, like the Large billed crow. Raven, crows, jays, magpies, all belong to the raven family. Members with strong caracteristics like jays or magpies (skya ga) have their own name. bya rog is the raven, Red- and Yellow-billed chough are skyung ka. khwa ta are all black birds smaller than raven and not being a Blackbird (bya nag)" (David Holler, tibetbirds.com).
Of the crow family, with 8 sub-species : Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax himalayanus: Himalayas and N-India to W-China (avibase).
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 10:48, 17 February 2024 (EST)