Calvià to the islands. Local native plant species include holm oak ("Quercus ilex") and various pine species. There are over 1,000 animal species; notable among them are the seabirds Cory's shearwater ("Calonectris diomedea"), various cormorants ("Phalacrocorax"), the common swift ("Apus apus"), and the Manx shearwater ("Puffinus puffinus") as well as numerous reptiles, such as the endemic Lilford's wall lizard ("Podarcis lilfordi") found on several of the islets of the archipelago. The islets are also home to one of Spain's few colonies of Hermann's tortoise ("Testudo hermanni"; other colonies are in Murcia and Almería). Although the vegetation on the cliffs is sparse,
Summerland Peninsula Bird Area. It is home to one of the largest Little Penguin ("Eudyptula minor") breeding colonies in Australia, the second largest breeding colony of Australian Fur Seals ("Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus") in the world, one of the largest breeding colonies of Greater crested terns ("Sterna bergii") in Victoria and an important breeding ground for Short-tailed shearwaters ("Puffinus tenuirostris"). Several plants regarded as rare or threatened in either Victoria or Australia have been recorded on the peninsula, including River Swamp Wallaby-grass ("Amphibromus fluitans") listed as vulnerable in Australia. The peninsula was significantly modified by agricultural, residential and recreational developments until the 1980s