Tongan Megapode

When to see the Tongan Megapode

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Tongan Megapode

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Tongan Megapode

The Tongan megapode is a species of bird in the megapode family, Megapodiidae, currently endemic to Tonga. The species is also known as the Polynesian megapode, and as the Niuafo'ou megapode after the island of Niuafo'ou to which it was restricted for many years. The specific epithet honours British consul William Thomas Pritchard.

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Easily confused with

Sula MegapodeMegapodius bernsteiniiThe Sula scrubfowl is a medium-sized ground-dwelling bird growing to a length of between 30 and 35 cm (12 and 14 in). Tanimbar MegapodeMegapodius tenimberensisThe Tanimbar megapode or Tanimbar scrubfowl is a small megapode endemic to the Tanimbar Islands of Indonesia. New Guinea ScrubfowlMegapodius decollatusThe New Guinea scrubfowl or New Guinea megapode is a species of bird in the family Megapodiidae.