Often, when choosing a pet for themselves, novice lovers acquire a colorful parrot of the type of Corella. These small birds captivate with their color, melodic singing, as well as bright orange cheeks and a high crested crest. They sing beautifully and easily learn spoken language, especially males. The question itself arises: "How to determine the sex of a parrot?"
Younger corals and older birds of this species look almost the same, and males and females for a novice lover, as they say, all look the same. Therefore, if it is extremely important for you to get exactly the talking male, you must first study all the information about the future pet.
Of course, if you bought a parrot from breeders, the question of how to determine the sex of a parrot disappears by itself. After all, the nestling has its own passport, where its gender and age are listed. When buying a parrot in the market or in a pet store, you have to make a choice yourself.
So, you should know that in chicks sex can be determined from 3.5 months. At this age, the male parrot's tweets can be clearly heard. The Corell boys begin a favorable time for training. For several weeks they sing melodically, make various funny sounds. On this basis, during the period of “vocal performance”, you can safely pick up a young chick for yourself.
Recommendations for choosing a male Corella
1. How to determine the sex of a parrot? You can find out about this by his appearance. The crest of the male is narrower than that of the female. It has two or three long feathers, beautifully bent down. The girl’s forelock is more fluffy, in the form of a panicle of six long, but straight feathers.
2. Females have a more rounded body shape and a small hump. The back of the boys is flat. The shape of the head also has some gender differences: the nape of the females is more convex.
3. The tail of the males resembles the shape of an arrow, it is narrow and long. In females, the tail is slightly wider and looks untidy. Quite often, in the tail of the boy there are feathers of a different shade.
4. The cheeks of a girl are usually brighter. Also note that up to a year there is practically no way to determine who is in front of you: a boy or a girl. During this period, the parrot is molted. And only after one year the male acquires characteristic sexual differences: the color of the head turns yellow.
5. Boys can be distinguished by observing their behavior. They tapping to the beat with their beaks, beautifully folding the wings in the shape of a “heart”.
It should be noted that these methods, telling about how to determine the sex of the cockatiel parrot, are effective if the birds have a natural gray color.
White Corelli is difficult to distinguish externally. Therefore, it is worth buying them at a young age, until the first molt. Then both sexes become almost the same in appearance. Females have plumage of a slightly yellowish hue, and males have a snow-white color.
If you liked the yellow color coral (lute), the sex of the future pet is a little more difficult to determine. If you look at the females under the wings, you can see the darkish spots of plumage.
However, these recommendations on how to determine the sex of a parrot will not give you a one hundred percent guarantee when you determine it yourself. Whatever sex the acquired pet is, it will delight you every day with its exotic look and playful behavior. And believe me, you will be delighted with this little Australian miracle.