The fauna

Geological
aspect
of the
territory

A heart
of stone

The
landascape
and the
flora

 

The Murgia is rich of niches providing the conditions in which many species can live successfully.

Amphibions, reptiles, birds and mammals populate this area.

ANPHIBIONS = toads, frogs;
REPTILES = lizards, geckos, vipers;
MAMMALS = foxes, stone-martens, hedgehogs, hares;
BIRDS = owls, tawny owl white owls, ravens, hoopoes, quails, larks and robins.

Also insects populate this rural area; Crickets, grasshoppers, butterflies, coleoptera, wasps, hornets providing the food for predatory birds and mammals; maintaining in this way a complex and balanced ecosystem.

The so called Naumanni hawk is the most representative exponent of the fauna populating the Murgia. This predatory bird hunts its prey in the rural area but nests in the urban one.