汤加塚雉受到的威胁与导致其在波利尼西亚其他地区衰落的威胁相同。尽管理论上这种鸟受到政府保护,但当地人仍然会去收集它的蛋,甚至会捕猎其成鸟。由于其栖息地较为偏远,人类难以到达,该物种显然得到了一些保护。[5]由于单一种群的脆弱性,有人试图将这个物种的卵转移到其他岛屿(拉特岛和佛努阿雷島)进行易地保护。佛努阿雷岛的易地保护较为成功,现在岛上估计有350-500只繁殖个体,但随后对 Late 的调查发现那里的易地保护失败了。[6]
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