1 Pa'anga - Taufa'ahau Tupou IV Pritchard Megapode Birds

The Pritchard's megapode — Megapodius pritchardii — nests exclusively on the Tongan island of Niuafo'ou, a remote volcanic outcrop so isolated that its residents were forcibly evacuated twice during the twentieth century due to eruptions, in 1946 and again briefly in 1853. The bird survived both disruptions; the human population was not restored until 1958. By 1991, the species had attracted serious conservation attention, with the total wild population estimated at fewer than 1,500 individuals.