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Flora and fauna, Northern Mariana Islands

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The Islands are home to more than 40 species of indigenous and introduced bird species (for example the rufous fantail, the beautifully plumed golden honeyeater, the fairy tern and the Vanikoro swiftlet). Out in the water is a wide range of hard and soft corals, anemones, sponges and many varieties of shellfish, including the giant tridacna clam. The clear waters of the island and its coral reefs are home to more than a thousand colorful and exotic species of marine life. The coconut palm tree is the most important plant in the islands.