Is it true that the female cockatiels are completely white?

Question

I'm confused, i was told the mixed coloured ones were male, but lately I've seen pictures of people with coloured cockatiels, whom they say are female.....=D

Answer 1

No it's not true

You can usually tell by the colour of the 'nostril skin' over the beak and it really is blue for boys, pink for girls.

It's the Albino's (or pure whites) that throw everyone out

Answer 2

No
Determining the sex of the young cockatiel is not always easy; it often consists of an educated guess. The males and females of the normal greys and cinnamons are identical when young. They show little or no yellow on the face and both have large spots under the wings on the long flight feathers. As the males approach maturity and molt into adult plumage, usually at six months to a year, they lose their under wing spots and the facial area becomes mostly yellow. The orange cheek patch stands out clearly against the light colored head. The females continue to look like the young birds after molting. They retain their under wing spots and have very little yellow in the facial areas. They have the orange cheek patch but against the darkness of the surrounding plumage it is less obvious.

The pearl males lose their pearling with the first molt but the females retain their pearling for life. As immature birds they are identical. The pieds are the most difficult to sex. Both males and females retain the same under wing markings in maturity.

In all cockatiels the males are more vocal. When the mating song is heard, you can be sure that your bird is a ****.

Palpation of the space between the pelvic bones is another method of determining the sex of the bird. The bones of the male are pointed and close together while the females' are dull, rounded, and further apart. The females are usually wider across the chest and the males longer and slimmer. The male often has a larger and fuller crest. None of these are completely reliable indicators but serve as contributors to that educated guess.

For the past year I have been trying a simple method of determining sex which so far has proved surprisingly accurate. In the greys, cinnamons, and pearls the under wing spots or bars extend only half way up the extended wing on the males. In the hens, these extend up the full length of the wing to the body of the bird.

Answer 3

All colours of cockatiels come in both sexes. Be extremely doubting of anyone who offers advice on cockatiels but calls the colour lutino 'Latino' which is actually someone of hispanic origins whereas lutino is a yellow with red eyes colour.If someone gets even the most basic info like that wrong, they obviously don't know anything about cockatiels.

Answer 4

There are many strains (colourings) of cockatiels. The albinos and latinos are more difficult to differentiate by an untrained eye. You are assuming it is only colour of feathers to tell difference, but that's not necessarily the case.

If you are curious enough, do some reading up on breeding cockatiels... the information will go more in depth than simple care.
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Answer 5

Sexing a cockatiel is easy, look at the birds side of its face, you will see an orange colour on the side of its face, the **** bird is very bright orange and the hen bird is dull orange.

What the other person said about the blue or buff mark on its nose is nothing to do with a cockateil, it's budgies.

What you said about the hen bird being pure white, that is also wrong as I had a pure white **** bird. ( please God, please make sure the word bird doesn't get deleted in this sentence. )

Now you know

Re the budgies, the boys are blue on their nostrils and the girls are buff coloured.

RE Cockateils, the male bird is usually the brightest coloured on its cheeks. You are getting a lot of different answers, my hen bird who laid eggs was dull orange.

Answer 6

No not true, my cockatiel is female because she was laying unfertile eggs (she is my only bird) so she is deffantely NOT male and she is mainly grey.

Answer 7

male cockatiels have bright orange cheeks
female have the same colour but not so bright

Answer 8

Nope, not true at all. We have a female Cockatiel, and she is actually a cinnamon/pearl color.

Answer 9

this is hard at first. female birds are all colors but the red in the cheeks are much lighter. the males have darker colors than the females. also the vent bones (right before the tail under the bird) are wider for females to make them able to pass eggs.

Answer 10

female cockateils are dull in colour from the male ... male cocktail's have brighter colours mainly their face and brighter cheeks .... the female have yellow and black bars under their tail .

i own a male and his colours are bright

Answer 11

I think the white ones could be ,ale or female, while the pearl ones, (colored,) can be male or female also.