What Kind of bird is Big Bird?

[Beaker915]

Can anyone please help me with a question that came up at work and no one I've asked has been able to answer so far-What type of bird is Big Bird?

Thanks,

Beaker915

[Janice & Mokey's Man]

Big Bird is a canary. If you need proof, try to locate a copy of the book "Sesame Unpaved". :) (Or maybe some online SS sites document it).

[Cindy Chapman]

Oh good idea Byron, to look in Sesame Street Unpaved. Here's what I found on the subject, Beaker915. In Big Bird's Bio (in Sesame Street Unpaved) it has his Scientific Name as Bigus canarius. Sounds like he's a canary to me! :)

[dcfboss]

he probably is a canary, but i think they use turkey feathers for his costume. to me he's just a big old yellow bird.

[Beaker915]

Thanks you guys-that answers my question-though the book sounds interesting! Until someone posed the question, he was always just a big yellow bird to me!

Beaker915

[Boober_Gorg]

Beaker915, I bet that's just the kind of question that the writers were asking themselves during the first season of the show. I thought it odd that in the first episode, Big Bird got so nervous that he "nearly laid an egg ... right here on Sesame Street." I swear, he DID say that.

[Janice & Mokey's Man]

Originally posted by Boober_Gorg
I thought it odd that in the first episode, Big Bird got so nervous that he "nearly laid an egg ... right here on Sesame Street." I swear, he DID say that.

Well maybe he was makin' a funny. :D

[Boober_Gorg]

Originally posted by Janice & Mokey's Man
Well maybe he was makin' a funny. :D That sounds likely. They did make a lot of those back then on the show.

[FellowWLover]

Big Bird stated in the SS Live show "Everyone Makes Music" that he is a canary. He said it right out loud for everyone to hear.

The End.

[Manda:-D]

A REALLY BIG one.

[Xerus]

I remember when Big Bird visited Make Believe on Mr. Roger's. King Friday asked him if he was related to the cassowary. But Big Bird replied. "I'm more of a condor."

[McFraggle]

A REALLY BIG one.

A REALLY REALLY BIG one.

[Splurge]

I remember when Big Bird visited Make Believe on Mr. Roger's. King Friday asked him if he was related to the cassowary. But Big Bird replied. "I'm more of a condor."

That's right, it was a golden condor.

[Klonoa]

I think Big Bird is a chocobo. :)

--Klonoa

[wwfpooh]

Maybe Big Bird is a mixed breed (do they do that with birds?). Seeing as he said he was a canary in a Sesame special and more condor on Mr. Roger's Neighborhood, maybe he's a combination of both.