Adults have a red bare face and a crest extending from the back of the head down the neck. Their black feathers can shine green or purple, and they live in groups.
Adults have a bare red face and a crest running from the back of the head down the neck. Their black plumage may look green or purple in the light. Juveniles have a dark head, greyish feet, and a pale bill.
It searches rocky, dry areas and riverbanks for insects, worms, and other small prey. It forages in groups and nests in colonies on coastal or river cliffs during breeding.
The Moroccan population is resident. Birds reintroduced in Central Europe include migrants that winter in Tuscany, Italy.
It nests in colonies on coastal or mountain cliffs. Both parents incubate and care for chicks after hatching, taking turns to forage.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.