How can you tell the sex of a parakeet?

Answer 1

everone who said the color of the nostrial area above the beak is right. parakeets are one of the only birds that do not need a blood test to tell their sex.

also if a female is ready to be mated, her nostrial area will become brown and crusty. So don't be alarmed if this happens.

Answer 2

If by Parakeet you mean budgie (since there are other types of parakeets out there)

Male:
Young bar head males - (the black stripe touch the beak) will have a very bright smooth pink cere.

Older males- no bars and maybe an iris ring (white ring in eye) will have a strong blue cere which will be smooth.

Albino/lutino, other red eyed mutations and Recessive pied males- the males do not get the grown up blue colour but rather keep the baby pink.

Females:
Young bar heads - these can have a range of colours from a pinky tone with white rings around the nares to a blue white all over the cere.

Older females - The cere around the age of 6 months will start to change from the baby colour to a deeper brown and will start to appear crusty. This can change depending on the time of year, this dark borwn colour normally found when the female is in breeding condition. When she isn't the brown can peel off and be a light blue colour.

Alblino/lutino, other red eyed mutations and Recessive pied - unlike the males the females of these types get the same changes as any other female.

Answer 3

How old is your Parakeet???This often plays a role in whether or not you can tell it's sex. If your Parakeet is not one year or older, you will not be able to tell for sure if it is a male or female.
Parakeets are sexually dimorphic in only one way: the cere. The ceres of young Parakeets under 8-12 months are all about the same: a bright pink or violet color. As the Parakeet sexually matures, the cere changes according to the birds sex.
Females - White/light-blue, tan, or brown cere. This is true for all varieties. With the development of brown color is a flaky texture. This can build up to be about a centimeter thick.
Males -
Blue or purplish-blue cere in normal varieties only.
Bright violet or pink (does not change after youth) occurs in the following varieties: recessive pied, lutino/albino, dark-eyed clear, lacewing, and fallow
If your bird is less than one year old, the above rules are not applicable. The cere usually begins to change before one year of age but appears relatively ambiguous. A younger Parakeets cere can appear to be changing towards one sex and then change the other way upon full sexual maturity at one year of age. However if your young birds cere develops the brown flaky appearance characteristic of female Parakeets you can be sure it is a female. You can also look at behavior to determine gender. Males often bob their heads, sing, and are usually more active and outgoing. Females are usually snitty and bossy over other Parakeets in the cage, and rarely sing. Females also usually make loud mad Parakeet sounds. Males sometimes make this sound too, but usually only when singing. If your Parakeet makes mad Parakeet sounds often it is most likely a female.

Answer 4

When they get old enough, the nostril area of the male turns blue. The female's does not. I have a parakeet that keeps changing gender, though, and never has settled down. I haven't tried breeding him, though, so I don't know his true sex. Probably a hormone disorder, but he's healthy.

Answer 5

Depending on the color of the Parakeet, check for a band right above the horn/ bone colored beak. This is the cere and the nostrils are located here as well. If it is a light bone color or yellowish your budgue is a female, if it is a shade of blue, your budgie is a male.

Answer 6

ordinary--seem on the cere (the position the nostils are placed). no matter if that is pink or blue, its male. no matter if that is a white, tan, or pinkish colour, its lady. you are able to also tell the age via the top. The bars on the crest will allow you to comprehend. The more effective bars optimal as a lot because the beak and cere, the more youthful the poultry. the a lot less bars, the older. the position the bars shoudl be will truly via a organic white.

Answer 7

Blue to purple on the nare or nostril of the male, flesh-tone to pink for females. Young birds can be misleading and can seem to be all pink or have hints of blue, but you should not rely on that until the bird is eight to ten months old. Then you will know male or female.

Answer 8

The cere(the colored part just above the beak) is blue or purple in males and tan in females. It is hard to tell until they are 3-4 months(after their first molt). Some of the multi-colored, pale-colored or white are hard to tell until they are much older.

Answer 9

The male parrot gets a black ring around his neck at about 18 months. I do not know how to tell sooner than that. I have got one and got my info from the breeder I got him from

Hope this helps

Answer 10

The males have a blueish nose and the females have a greenish
blue nose