VU — Vulnerable

Urocissa ornata

Conservation status data sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

↓Decreasing

Population trend

Countries

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01 — Classification

Taxonomy & Classification

Kingdom

ANIMALIA

Phylum

CHORDATA

Class

AVES

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

CORVIDAE

Genus

Urocissa

Urocissa ornata belongs to the family CORVIDAE, order PASSERIFORMES, within the AVES class.

03 — Habitat

Habitat & Distribution

ForestMajor

04 — Threats

Threats

Annual & perennial non-timber crops

Ongoing

Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources

Ongoing

Logging & wood harvesting

Ongoing

Mining & quarrying

Ongoing

05 — Conservation

Conservation Actions

Habitat & natural process restoration

Legislation

06 — Range

Found in 2 Countries

Netherlands Sri Lanka

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07 — Sources

Sources & Attribution

How to Cite

IUCN: IUCN (2025). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS

GBIF: GBIF.org (2025). GBIF Home Page. Available at: https://www.gbif.org

This page: SpeciesRadar (2026). Urocissa ornata (Urocissa ornata). SpeciesRadar: Intelligence for Earth's Biodiversity. Available at: https://speciesradar.org/species/sri-lanka-magpie

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