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Spiny Babbler

VU

Turdoides nipalensis

Status

Vulnerable

Population

Unknown, locally common in mid-hills

Trend

↓Decreasing

Group

Birds

Family

Leiothrichidae

Data Source

2025-2

Threat Summary

Habitat loss from urbanisation of the Kathmandu Valley and surrounding mid-hill towns, clearance of scrubland for terrace agriculture, and overgrazing by livestock are reducing available habitat. Road construction through mid-hill areas fragments remaining populations. Threats are stable but persistent.

Source: 2025-2

Threats (2)

Housing & urban areas

Code: 1.1 · Severity: Slow · Scope: Majority

Ongoing

Annual & perennial non-timber crops

Code: 2.1 · Severity: Slow · Scope: Minority

Ongoing
Habitats (2)

Artificial — Arable Land (terraced agriculture)

Code: 14.6 · Suitable

Shrubland — Subtropical/Tropical Dry (Mid-hills)

Code: 3.5 · Suitable · Major importance

Countries (1)
NPNepal
Conservation Actions (0)

No conservation action data available

Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Leiothrichidae

Genus

Turdoides