How do you tell the difference between a male and female parakeet?

Answer 1

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker

The bird's nose,known as the cere,is the way to tell the difference. A male's cere will be dark blue or purple.A female's cere will be light blue,pink,or tan-pink,or a combination of those colors.You need to wait till the bird is around 6 months old to really figure out its gender.

You need to go out and buy a pet care manual on your birds so you have this information as well as other important information at hand,always.Also try getting Bird Talk magazine.

Source(s):

Bird Owner of 40+year's experience,starting with grandfather's parakeet aviary and over 100 budgies.

Asker's Rating:

Asker's Comment:

thank you so much i thought that was the answer but wasnt really sure but you cleared it for me thanks

Answer 2

a male would have very bright feathers...if they are dull, it's a female.

try a google "image" search online, you could compare photos.

Answer 3

Look at its beak. if its like a brownish orange color its male if its redish orange its female.

Source(s):

I have four parakeets and a parakeet book!!

Answer 4

I think the male has more color and is prettier.....go figure!

Answer 5

Above the beak where the holes are, if the color is blue then it is a boy, if it is brownish peachy color then it is a female. Although it is hard to tell when they are really young because they all have it pinkish blue.

Source(s):

work at a pet store

Answer 6

their beeks

Answer 7

male- dark blue on beak
female- brown on beak

Answer 8

B.E. has the best answer with phylle coming in a close second. It is also true, as marie c said, that a little bit of age will provide the true color to look for in the cere, or what I call their nose. Also, the male parakeet flies much better than the female. The male can fly faster, further and turn corners much better than the female. Also the sound of a male flying is much quieter than the female since he is much sleeker in body design and has a much better wing "rotation" in his flight than does the female. Her sounds are much noisier, flapping sounds as feathers beating the air around her while his sounds are much quieter because he moves through the air better. Also, the male is much more playful tnan the female. All of these observations come from owning parakeets since the early 1970's. Have fun with them. They're great birds. God Bless you.

Answer 9

Okay above their beak by the nse that skin thing right.If its colored it's a male if its regular pink its a female.

Source(s):

Rasied them scence i was 5.

Answer 10

i think it is a boy has blue nose and girl has pink nose i not really sure