What do you call this fascinating creature of the skies? Are they only found in CH?

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1. Spotted them at Rigi Kulm and Rochers-de-Naye.

2. Es vögeli

3. https://www.vogelwarte.ch/en/birds/birds-of-switzerland/alpine-chough

4. Not an expert but this appears to be a bird

5. This? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_chough

6. https://www.vogelwarte.ch/de/voegel/voegel-der-schweiz/alpendohle

7. That’s an [Alpine Chough](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_chough), or “Chouka” in French

8. In French “choucas”

9. I call it Bird

10. Looks like a “Alpendohle” at Niesen Kulm.

11. Yes, only in Switzerland. They can’t fly across the border.

12. Alpine crow/Chouka. The survive in altitude in winter mostly thanks to tourism theses days.

13. Bird

14. In Switzerland we call them “Vogel”

15. It’s a governemental surveillance drone. r/birdsarentreal

16. Chouka, only on the alps

17. That’s a bird

18. This one is called Arthur. Hello Arthur!

19. I think its called a ,,Amsel“, not sure thoe

20. It‘s called „Alpendohle“ in swiss german. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_chough .Part of the corvid (raven/crow) family.

21. It’s an Oltenvogel.

22. They are pigeons of the mountains.

23. In Switzerland we call them ‚Alpedole‘ and i think that‘s biuuuutiful

24. It’s the alpine chough. They are common in many mountain areas such as the Alps, Pyrenees, Balkan mountains, Caucasus and even the Himalayas. The closely related red-billed chough is much rarer in Switzerland and only occurs in Wallis.

25. It’s not native to CH, can be found in mountainous areas in Europe and Asia

26. Alpendohle, or as we call them in the Bernese Oberland, *Schneetäfi*

27. Man when I see this I wish I could fly like a bird.

28. Pretty sure I saw several like this plummeting down couloirs for fun.
    They were cheering each other on and seemed to be having a real good time.