 Its main habitat is high mountains ; it is found between 2 @,@ 000 and 2 @,@ 500 metres ( 6 @,@ 600 and 8 @,@ 200 ft ) in North Africa , and mainly between 2 @,@ 400 and 3 @,@ 000 metres ( 7 @,@ 900 and 9 @,@ 800 ft ) in the Himalayas . In that mountain range it reaches 6 @,@ 000 metres ( 20 @,@ 000 feet ) in the summer , and has been recorded at 7 @,@ 950 metres ( 26 @,@ 080 feet ) altitude on Mount Everest . In Ireland , Great Britain and Brittany it also breeds on coastal sea cliffs , feeding on adjacent short grazed grassland or machair . It was formerly more widespread on coasts but has suffered from the loss of its specialised habitat . It tends to breed at a lower elevation than the Alpine chough , that species having a diet better adapted to high altitudes . 
