Nuʻulua is an island in Samoa (not to be confused with the landmass also called Nuʻulua that lies 200 meters west of Ofu in American Samoa).

It is a habitat for locally and regionally endemic birds, including the endangered tooth-billed pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris), also known as the Samoan pigeon, and also for an endemic bat (Pteropus samoensis).

[1] Nuʻulua and Nu'utele, another island in the Aleipata Islands grouping, are together home to the largest seabird colonies in Samoa, and have been identified as highly significant sites for conservation efforts.

One of the efforts is to eradicate these islands’ populations of Pacific rats (Rattus exulans) that prey on their native insects, birds and lizards.

[2] These islands are remnants of eroded volcanic tuff rings.