BOWERBIRDS - 2010 Papua New Guinea (last updated 14th July, 2010)

Among them is the most distinctive group of birds known as the Bowerbirds. They vary from others in genus, feathers and wing shape. Most of the Bowerbirds are polygamous and have different courtship behaviors. They inhabit the mountain forests of New Guinea Island from sea level of 700m to 3000m.
Bowerbirds are famous for their behavior of building and decoration display sites, called bowers on the ground. Bowers are structures of interwoven sticks with side walls up with 25cm to 3m high. They vary in architecture among species, from a broad mat of twigs to huge stick domes embellished with landscape gardens.

Decorations include purple and white flowers, blue and brown berries, red nuts and black mushrooms, charcoal and snail shells, pebbles and bones including colored plastic lids.
The males are never far away from their bowers, to which they appear to attract females by excited calls while displaying their spectacular crest with crawling motion across the floor of the bower, holding their fluttering wings and tail partly open.

With these very exciting species of birds, Post PNG Ltd is pleased to amuse its collectors with this remarkable issue featuring Bowerbirds.