Outside protected areas, it is sometimes threatened by hunting, and the hills surrounding the Kathmandu Valley have seen a decline in Spiny Babbler numbers.
Bí a bá yọ ti agbègbè ààbò kúrò, nígbà mìíràn pípa ẹyẹ yìí fún oúnjẹ, ní òkè kékeré tí ó yí àfonífojì Kathmandu ká ti mú kí ẹyẹ Spiny Babbler dínkù ni iye.