Flora and Fauna
The coconut palm is the most common form of vegetation. Other vegetation includes pandanus, pawpaw and breadfruit and other coastal shrub vegetations. Fisheries resources and rich of marine life can be found in profusion in all the islands, especially in the waters of Line and Phoenix island groups. Extensive populations of birdlife are found on Christmas Island and include shearwater, petrel, tropicbirds, frigate birds, terns, noddies and the Christmas Island warbler, which is found only on Christmas Island.