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,
Cape Byron Marine Park identifies the migratory little tern "(Sterna albifrons)" and the Beach stone-curlew "(Esacus neglectus)" as endangered. Seabirds that utilize the Cape Byron Marine Park are the providence pretal "(Pterodroma solandri)", flesh-footed shearwater "(Puffinus carneipes)", and the masked booby "(Sula dactylatra)" which are protected under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974. Although no invertebrates have been identified as endangered or vulnerable, it is important to acknowledge that there are a plethora of invertebrates within the Cape Byron Marine Park which are critical to the health of the local ecosystems. These include a variety of molluscs such as the gold ring cowries