A National Day for the Bird that Defines the People of Papua New Guinea
<figure><img width="800" height="600" src="https://www.postcourier.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Proposed-sample-poster-depicting-our-national-day-for-the-iconic-Bird-of-Paradises-that-we-have-only-in-PNG-and-in-the-world-1.png?w=800" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.postcourier.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Proposed-sample-poster-depicting-our-national-day-for-the-iconic-Bird-of-Paradises-that-we-have-only-in-PNG-and-in-the-world-1.png 800w, https://www.postcourier.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Proposed-sample-poster-depicting-our-national-day-for-the-iconic-Bird-of-Paradises-that-we-have-only-in-PNG-and-in-the-world-1.png?resize=768,576 768w, https://www.postcourier.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Proposed-sample-poster-depicting-our-national-day-for-the-iconic-Bird-of-Paradises-that-we-have-only-in-PNG-and-in-the-world-1.png?resize=600,450 600w, https://www.postcourier.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Proposed-sample-poster-depicting-our-national-day-for-the-iconic-Bird-of-Paradises-that-we-have-only-in-PNG-and-in-the-world-1.png?resize=400,300 400w, https://www.postcourier.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Proposed-sample-poster-depicting-our-national-day-for-the-iconic-Bird-of-Paradises-that-we-have-only-in-PNG-and-in-the-world-1.png?resize=200,150 200w, https://www.postcourier.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Proposed-sample-poster-depicting-our-national-day-for-the-iconic-Bird-of-Paradises-that-we-have-only-in-PNG-and-in-the-world-1.png?resize=780,585 780w, https://www.postcourier.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Proposed-sample-poster-depicting-our-national-day-for-the-iconic-Bird-of-Paradises-that-we-have-only-in-PNG-and-in-the-world-1.png?resize=300,225 300w, https://www.postcourier.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Proposed-sample-poster-depicting-our-national-day-for-the-iconic-Bird-of-Paradises-that-we-have-only-in-PNG-and-in-the-world-1.png?resize=706,530 706w, https://www.postcourier.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Proposed-sample-poster-depicting-our-national-day-for-the-iconic-Bird-of-Paradises-that-we-have-only-in-PNG-and-in-the-world-1.png?resize=150,113 150w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="706955" data-permalink="https://www.postcourier.com.pg/a-national-day-for-the-bird-that-defines-the-people-of-papua-new-guinea/proposed-sample-poster-depicting-our-national-day-for-the-iconic-bird-of-paradises-that-we-have-only-in-png-and-in-the-world-2/" data-orig-file="https://www.postcourier.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Proposed-sample-poster-depicting-our-national-day-for-the-iconic-Bird-of-Paradises-that-we-have-only-in-PNG-and-in-the-world-1.png" data-orig-size="800,600" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-title="Proposed sample poster depicting our national day for the iconic Bird of Paradises that we have only in PNG and in the world." data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://www.postcourier.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Proposed-sample-poster-depicting-our-national-day-for-the-iconic-Bird-of-Paradises-that-we-have-only-in-PNG-and-in-the-world-1.png?w=800" /></figure> <p>THE island's earliest inhabitants and those of its surrounding region already knew this: that these birds were special — which is why they called them birds of God. Portuguese explorers called them birds of the sun, and Dutch explorers named them birds of paradise. This is the historical perspective, or definition.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.postcourier.com.pg/a-national-day-for-the-bird-that-defines-the-people-of-papua-new-guinea/">A National Day for the Bird that Defines the People of Papua New Guinea</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.postcourier.com.pg">Post Courier</a>.</p>