How can u tell male from female with cockatiels?

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Unlike budgies cockatiels are told by the colours of their feathers and various markings on their bodies. Depending on what colour bird you've got it could be very simple to tell or hard. Cockatiels in the wild are dimorphic which means you can tell the sexes just by looking at them.

Normal greys- These ones look just like they do in the wild, The male is all grey, with a white wing patch and a bright yellow face with orange cheek patches.
The female is the same but has a dull yellow face and cheek patches and also has yellow bars on her tail and her wings. Dots are also seen. The male has no barring or dots. If they're whitefaced the **** will have a bright white face and the hen will have a dull grey colour all over

Pied- These birds have grey and yellow or white areas. If they're white faces they may have cinnamon and white or grey and white. They're very hard to tell because the re-distribution of colour caused by the pied means that natural markings are erased. These are best told by whether they sing or talk at all. males are very vocal and will let you know about it. Females usually are quiet but will scream rather than whistle.

Lutino- An all white bird that can have suffusions of yellow throughout. Still has the yellow face and cheek patches.
Males don't have any barring or spots on them and have a bright yellow face. Females can be told by the barring on their tails if you hold them up to light. Although there is a lack of contrasting colours you can still see the yellow bars on the white feathers. A white faced lutino, or albino, is impossible to tell and is mainly guesswork.

Pearl- Beautiful birds with pearl lacings all over them. The male will lose his pearls by his second moult and will look like a normal grey cockatiel. Some do retain their pearls but very rarely. Females will keep their pearls and will have them all over their backs, wings and sometimes their chest. They may have a bright yellow face but don't let that fool you. Another hard one to tell.

Cinnamon- Just like the normal grey except birds are a brownish colour instead of grey. The male will still have the bright face compared to the female.

Hope this helps. As a guide, Males can be taught to talk and whistle. They will usually be very vocal even from a young age, especially if there are other males around that can teach them. They won't learn to talk however if you teach them to whistle first.
Females are usually quieter and screech rather than whistle. Some have been known to whistle but in all the years i've had birds i've never met a female whistler.
Hope this helps, if you need any more help feel free to contact me

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I think females have grey beaks. If it isn't it's a male.

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above their beaks, you will see an area with two holes for breathing. The color will either be beige or colored. If it is beige, it is most likely a girl. If it is colored (common colors are blue and purple) are most likely a boy.
Good Luck!

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These days, with all of the cross-breeding of cockatiels, it can be kind of hard to tell. Usually, females have slightly 'duller' orange cheeks than males; at least, that's what I've been told. I also think that females sing much less than males.

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its kind of hard to tell. we have a female cockatiel that everyone tries telling us is male because of her bright spots on her cheecks, but we know she is female cuz she lays eggs. the only way to really tell for sure is to either wait until they lay eggs or to take them to a vet and have a surgery or something done that will reveal the gender.

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the easiest way i have found (other than face color) , and depending on what kind you have... is that males have very pronounced stripes on the underside of the tail feathers

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ok first off, some others were referring to parakeets and not cockatiels.

Cockatiels are generally diamorphic which mean you can tell by looking at them.
Females if a dark mutation have horizontal barring on the underneath of their tails, males are sold ( if young the bars are also on the two outside under tail feathers of males)
Males cheek patches are brighter and larger then the females as well. The Males also whistle and talk where as the females rearly do.

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I have a male and he is Cinnamon you can tell cus females do not talk or sing as much as males...the only for sure way you can tell with these birds is a blood test.I had one done on mine and it costs 35 to 45 dollars.