cockatiel? male or female?

Question

I don't Know the sex of my cockatiel, how can I be sure if is male or female?

Answer 1

For cockatiels it is very hard to tell by physical morphology. So, basically you cannot. The vet feels the birds downside and if it is hollow then it is a female...
But they say if the bird's cheek it brighter then it is a male and if the birds talks too much it is a male.

Answer 2

After DNA testing, examining the patterns on the back of the tail-feathers is the next reliable way of determining whether a cockatiel is a male or female. Based on your description, your cockatiel is a female because it has bar-patterns under its tail-feathers. Some males can show this pattern before their first moult, like my cockatiel, but after moulting the bars disappear. Your tiel is a female because even after its first moult, the bars are still present. Males have fine grain-patterns. One important thing to remember is that just because a tiel whistles a lot, can mimic various sounds or calls and can even talk, it does not indicate a male. I used to have a pair of cockatiels, and the female was much louder and more vocal than the male.

Answer 3

We have had several pairs of cockatiels. There are a couple ways of telling the less gross one is the female will have a lighter beak but that isn't always true. The other way (with out having your bird sexed by an avearin vet) is to feel around the opening under the tail the female will be wider so she can lay eggs. I personaly wear gloves when I had to sex our clutch of baby cockatiels.

Answer 4

The only way to be sure is to have it genetically tested, or wait to see if it lays eggs. Most males sing more than females, but that's not always a good way either. My females had pink nostrils and my males had blue, but I don't know if that's true with all.

Much Love!!

Answer 5

Males have bright colours and orange cheeks..females are duller in colour. Males are more attractive to woo the female in courtship. Also a male will have bands along the under coat of his wings...if you can get close to pull his wings straight out

Answer 6

Take it to a Vet, and ask him/her. Also ask the vet how to tell the difference between male & female cockatiels so if you acquire another one you'll be able to tell what it is.

Answer 7

Bright orange cheeks on the males and dull light orange on the females

Answer 8

Sit and wait for it to lay an egg. If it lays an egg its female. If it don't ever lay an egg its a male. And you wasted your whole life sitting their waiting on a bird to lay an egg that won't

Answer 9

Hard to know for sure unless she lays eggs. Evan a vet can make a mistake!

Answer 10

if it has a bright blue nose it is a male if it has a brown colored nose it's a female