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The Raggiana bird of paradise is the national bird of Papua New Guinea.. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Papua New Guinea.The avifauna of Papua New Guinea include a total of 897 species, of which 108 are endemic, and 2 have been introduced by humans. 44 species are globally threatened.
The Papua New Guinea National Emblem is a partially-stylized representation of the widespread Bird of Paradise Genus paradisaea in display, head turned to its left, seated on the upturned grip of a horizontal Kundu drum with the drum-head to the right side of the bird, from behind which a horizontal ceremonial spear projects with the head to the left of the bird.
The Manus friarbird (Philemon albitorques) or white-naped friarbird, also known as the chauka ('souka' in Lele, the local language [2]) is a species of bird in the Honeyeater family, or Meliphagidae. [3] It is endemic to the Manus Province [4] of Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Birds-of-paradise range in size from the king bird-of-paradise at 50 g (1.8 oz) and 15 cm (5.9 in) to the curl-crested manucode at 44 cm (17 in) and 430 g (15 oz). The male black sicklebill , with its long tail, is the longest species at 110 cm (43 in).
Birds that are introduced but not naturalised are not included. Subcategories. This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total. ...
The Papuan eagle (Harpyopsis novaeguineae) is a large bird of prey. [2] It is also known by several other names, including Papuan harpy eagle, New Guinea eagle, New Guinea harpy eagle, or kapul eagle, the latter name from the local name for a usually arboreal marsupial that the eagle is known to regularly hunt.
Papua New Guinea; Use: National flag, civil and state ensign: Proportion: 3:4: Adopted: 1 July 1971; 53 years ago (): Design: Divided diagonally from the upper hoist-side corner to the lower fly-side corner: the upper triangle is red with the soaring Raggiana bird-of-paradise and the lower triangle is black with the Southern Cross of four white larger five-pointed stars and the smaller star.
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