Need to verify the gender of my bird, i were told that he is a young male

fileonlineservice

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I got this new budgie bird, and i were told that he is a young male:-

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so any advice on his gender please?
 

bonitabird59

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1. Looks female to me
2. Round cages are awful for birds and are not recommended. Please upgrade your cage and do some research on the care of budgies.
 

BirdyBee

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Current birds:
John
Snowy
Pippen

Past birds:
Grumpy
Sunny
Griffen
Jeff
Gertjie
To me it looks more like a male- females tend to have blue/white ceres.

You may need to wait till the budgie is older.

How are your other birds?
 
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Stormy(M): blue Australian budgie
Picasso(F): green Australian budgie
Apollo(F): sky blue dominant pied Australian budgie
To me it looks more like a male- females tend to have blue/white ceres.

You may need to wait till the budgie is older.

How are your other birds?
I agree with Pipp. There is a sticky thread on budgie ceres (a thread at the top of the budgie forum) that may help:

But yes, young males (and adult albino, lutino, creamino, and recessive pied males) all have light pink ceres, while young females have light blue and white ceres.
 

bonitabird59

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Dark blue is the only male trait that I've seen, but this is shown between 6m-1yr old. To me, your budgie looks female. My pied female has a purple-blue cere just like yours, we thought she was male for the longest time but behold! A lovely little lady named Betty :)
 

Rowlet

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The breeder I got my bird from also has young budgies available and he has a disclaimer that "gender determination is about 80% accurate at this age". So I think the only way to be 100% certain would be a DNA test. They're usually included in a wellness checkup at the vet (at least they are in my area) and it's recommended for any new bird to get a wellness checkup at an avian vet anyhow so if you really want to be 100% sure that's what I would recommend

It does look like a male to me but it may be just the lighting or angle so I really can't say for certain
 

clark_conure

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A crossover Quaker Scuti (F), A Sun conure named AC, A Cinnamon Green Cheek conure Kent, and 6 budgies, Scuti Jr. (f), yellow (m), clark Jr. (m), Dot (f), Zebra(f), Machine (m).
Male.


Or spend 14 dollars for Florida bird DNA test for definite answer.

I'd say male though.
 

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