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It's often really difficult to tell the sex of your parakeet or budgie. They are only sexually dimorphic on their cere. The cere is the fleshy part just above their beak. It is the area of skin around their nostrils. The remaining areas of a budgie body, whether male or female are too similar, often identical, to be able to tell the difference in gender.
However, if your budgie is younger than twelve months, then it may be impossible to visually identify whether it's gender is male or a female. If that is the case, then you will have to take your budgie to an avian veterinarian to be surgically sexed.
To determine parakeet gender yourself, take a look at the cere. In normal variety males the cere will be blue or purplish. If your budgie is recessive pied, fallow, lacewing, lutino, or dark-eyed clear then the cere will be bright purple or ping.
All female budgie varieties develop a white, tan, or brown cere. The brown ceres tend to be flaky and thick.
Some experts also agree that there are some behavior differences between budgie sexes. While this isn't scientific evidence that they're either a male or a female it can help in the parakeet gender identification process. Behavior differences include:
Male Parakeets:
-Head bobbing
-More Singing
-More Active and Social
Female Parakeets:
-Bossy
-Louder
-Don't generally sing
I hope this was helpful :)
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How tell if your parakeet is a boy or girl?
So the male Parakeet has a blueish cere, and the female has a pinkish brown cere. Here is a bad picture of what it kinda looks like
How can you tell if a parakeet is a boy or girl when they are young?
you can go to a vet but they will probably say they are to young to tell. you will have to wait until there cere matures to the respectful color
Is a girl parakeet smaller than a boy parakeet?
No. They are abot the same size.
How can you tell a rare parakeet's gender?
For the rare parakeet it is quite simple - if the nostrals are blue - it is a boy. if the nostrals are pink, red, or brownish - it's a girl.
When I got my parakeet from petsmart they said it was a boy but now the cere pinky blue is my parakeet a boy or a girl?
a boy.
What does it mean when a parakeet's face turn pink?
if your parakeet has a pink nose, that means it is still a baby, adult parakeets have a blue or brown nose, depending on the gender.
What color is a girl parakeet peak?
pink...brownish color
How do you tell a boy parakeet from a girl parakeet if they are the same color?
It is very difficult to determine the gender of a budgie when they are young. Wait a couple of months until they grow. Then if it turns into a brownish colour then it will be a girl, if it turns a bluish-purple colour than it will be a boy.
How do you tell if a albino parakeet is a boy or girl?
To tell for sure, you have to get it DNA sexed. Any avian vet will do this... in Canada, it is usually around $25. Not all parrots can be visually sexed like eclectus parrots, cockatiels or budgerigars...
Is your parakeet a girl if it is colored yellow - light blue - purple?
Not necessarily.
How can you tell how old is my parkeet?
You can tell that your parakeet is old by looking at the rings on it's head. If there are a lot of black rings that go around it's head, it is younger. If your parakeet has little rings unlike this one, it's older. This parakeet has almost a white head which means it is older.
What is a better talker parakeet or sun conure?
i don't know. you tell me
