Which country's flag shows a Raggiana bird-of-paradise and the Southern Cross?

Papua New Guinea’s flag shows a Raggiana bird-of-paradise and the Southern Cross. The bird appears in the upper red triangle, while five white stars form the constellation in the lower black triangle.

The Raggiana bird-of-paradise, or Paradisaea raggiana, is Papua New Guinea’s national bird. Its soaring silhouette symbolizes the country’s identity and emergence as a nation. The Southern Cross, visible from the Southern Hemisphere, reflects Papua New Guinea’s geographic location and links it symbolically with other southern nations.

The flag was designed by Susan Karike Huhume, who was a 15-year-old student when her design won a national competition in 1971. Its diagonal division replaced an earlier proposed blue, yellow and green tricolour. Red, black and yellow also draw on traditional colours used by many Papua New Guinean communities.

A frequent mistake is choosing Fiji or the Solomon Islands because both are Pacific countries with prominent stars. Their flags do not combine the Raggiana bird-of-paradise with the Southern Cross in this diagonal red-and-black design.