Haifa’s nature serves as a habitat for many species of songbirds, butterflies, reptiles, mammals, birds of prey, and rare amphibians such as the Fire Salamander
Birds
Diurnal raptors: Vulture, Eagle, Short-toed Snake Eagle, Hawk, Falcon
Nocturnal raptors: Barn Owl, Scops owl, Little Owl
Other Birds: Partridge, Cuckoo, Turtle Dove, Laughing Dove, Crow, Lark, Warbler, Pigeon, Common Swift, Skylark, Sparrow, Field Pipit, White-spectacled bulbul, Wheatear, Palestine Sunbird, Starling, Blackbird, Thrush, Wren, Leaf Warbler, Jay, Wagtail, Tit, Kingfisher, Cormorant, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Stork, Grey Heron, Myna, Rose-ringed Parakeet
List of all birds in the Haifa area and monitoring of observations (Hebrew)
Arthropods
Butterflies: Swallowtail, Two-tailed Pasha, Cleopatra, Mediterranean Tiger Blue, various White butterflies, Common Brimstone, Hermit
Other Insects: Ants, Bees, Flies, Grasshoppers, Mosquitoes
Spiders
Reptiles
Land Tortoise, Snake-eyed Skink, Dwarf Skink, Spotted Skink, Chameleon, Agama, Fan-fingered Gecko, and a rich variety of other lizards and snakes
Mammals
Striped Hyena, Porcupine, Badger, Wild Boar, Golden Jackal, Mongoose, Rock Hyrax, Fox, Bats, Hedgehog, Mole Rat, Field Mouse, Rat, and many other rodents.
