[citation needed] During breeding seasons, the Asir magpies often group in pairs and live in flocks.

In order to protect themselves from predators such as hawks and owls, they build their nests in forests and valleys with plentiful vegetation covered.

When it is summer, the Asir magpie mainly feeds on animal-based food such as invertebrates, lizards, and frogs.

[6] As a highly endangered species, there are only 270 Asir magpie estimated to exist, and the extent of occurrence (breeding/resident) has shrunk to 42,700 km2 (16,500 sq mi).

[2] When Bates (1936) first recorded the Asir magpie, the bird's living range extended from Tayif in the north to at least Abha in the south - a distance of 400 km (250 mi).

[8] Today, the great majority of the population appears to be confined to pockets of mixed juniper and acacia forests within a 37 km (23 mi) strip of highlands, primarily between An-Namas and Billasmar.

Moreover, the Asir magpies suffer from malnutrition as a result of feeding on human food wastes, which potentially leads to extinction of the species.