🇮🇱 Animals of Israel

The African wildcat is a small striped cat of dry Africa and Asia, and the ancestor of every domestic cat.

The caracal is a slim, long-legged cat with black ear tufts, found across Africa and from Arabia to India.

The common kingfisher is a small blue and orange bird of clear, slow rivers across Europe, Asia and North Africa.

The common myna is a brown starling with a black head and a bare yellow patch behind the eye, native to southern Asia.

The Egyptian goose is a pale brown waterbird of African rivers, lakes and grassland, marked by a dark ring around each eye.

The Eurasian eagle-owl is one of the largest owls in the world, with orange eyes and long ear tufts.

The Eurasian jay is a pinkish-brown crow with a bright blue panel on each wing.

The Eurasian sparrowhawk is a small hawk that hunts other birds by ambush.

The golden jackal is a small wolf-like canid of Europe and southern Asia that lives in lifelong pairs and eats anything from voles to fruit.

The gray wolf is the largest wild member of the dog family and the ancestor of every domestic dog.

The greater flamingo is the largest and most widespread flamingo.

The house mouse is a small grey-brown rodent that lives in and around human buildings on every inhabited continent.

The monk parakeet is a small green parrot from southern South America with a pale grey face and breast.

The nutria, or coypu, is a large semiaquatic rodent from the marshes of South America with orange teeth and a round rat-like tail.

The ortolan bunting is a small seed-eating songbird that breeds across Europe and West Asia and winters in Africa.

The red fox has the widest range of any wild carnivore.

The rock hyrax is a squat, rabbit-sized mammal of African and Middle Eastern rock outcrops.

The rose-ringed parakeet is a slim green parrot with a red bill and a very long tail.

The striped hyena is a small, shaggy scavenger of dry country from North Africa to India.

The white stork is a large white bird with black wings, a red bill and long red legs.

The wild boar is the wild pig of Europe, Asia and North Africa and the ancestor of the domestic pig.