This is just for fun and the only rule is: no researching. Post your best guesses on this obviously awesome animal in the comments. Reading other people’s answers before posting your own is obviously not awesome optional. Answer will be posted in the comments tomorrow.
Clarice
/ April 22, 2015This bird reminds me of Hercule Poirot.
YesBiscuit
/ April 22, 2015The Hercule Poirot books were my first series as a kid. This bird totally should be named after him.
Brenda Bahorik
/ April 22, 2015LOL Clarice! *snort*
Brent
/ April 22, 2015Looks like a hipster pigeon
Adrianne Mock
/ April 22, 2015oh, oh, oh… I KNOW this one!! I’ve seen these at a couple of zoos and one other facility that trains birds… inca terns. They are HUGE, BTW. And VERY beautiful…
the white moustachy things are actually feathers…
mikken
/ April 22, 2015Damn, I was going to say Hercule Poirot! How about his brother, Horace Poirot?
elaine
/ April 22, 2015Undoubtedly a Handlebar Pigeon. (Now to check and see if anyone else got it! [I’ll bet Adrienne did])
Jamie
/ April 22, 2015Definitely a contestant in the World Beard and Mustache Competition. I actually know a guy who won one of the categories in mustache. It’s a serious commitment. http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/
qmd333
/ April 22, 2015The “Red-Beaked Wyatt Earp”?
KateH
/ April 23, 2015“My name is Alejandro Estaban Ruiz-Palomo, and I am so pleased to make your acquaintance. I see you are admiring my moustache…many lovely ladies have said it tickles. Would you like to find out if it ticles, my dear?”
He’s a suave one, is Senor Alejandro Estaban Ruiz-Palomo, don’tcha know!
KateH
/ April 23, 2015Dang it! “tickles”
YesBiscuit
/ April 23, 2015ANSWER TIME
This animal is an Inca tern. From Wiki: