The cere color is a relatively clear way to figure out a budgie’s gender in most cases. Females will never normally really show these colors on the cere. Rule of thumb: if the cere has any red mixed in (leading to purple or pink coloration), that indicates male, specifically a juvenile male or one of the exception colors. Females with these color mutations follow the normal female cere rules: flaky and brown when broody, tan or white when not.Quite similar to the color of a young male budgie’s cere, it just never changes to blue. Males with these color mutations will feature a pink or purple cere.Males of these color varieties won’t follow the blue cere rule. If your budgie is albino (white with red eyes), lutino (yellow with red eyes) or recessive pied you’ll have to pay close attention. It might also feature a hint of blue, so that can be confusing, but it will never be dark blue. If she’s not then her cere will lean more towards tan or even almost white-ish. An adult female budgie will have a flaky brown cere if she is broody.If it’s ready to breed the cere will really be bright blue, if it’s not then it be a more subtle light blue. An adult male budgie will have a blue cere.Still, it’s much easier to figure out the gender of an adult budgie than a juvenile one. Warning: the differences here can be really quite subtle! I’ve found that generally young males will be the ones with a slightly darker colored cere, as the pink or purple tinge darkens the color a bit compared to females’ blue or white-ish. Young female budgies will have a light blue-whitish cere.Young male budgies will have a light purple or pinkish cere.Then, use the guidelines below to figure things out. You can find some info about figuring that out at the bottom of the article on budgie lifespan. To establish the gender of a budgie, first you must know whether you’re dealing with a baby budgie or an adult one. It varies with age, color mutation and broodiness. The bad news is that there’s not just one color for males and one color for females. It has a different color than the beak itself, and that color holds the clue to your budgie’s gender. The cere is the nose area above the beak that contains the nostrils. The most reliable way to visually sex a budgie, one that you can use yourself, is looking at the bird’s cere. In other cases, the budgie itself just doesn’t seem to care about the rules and simply closely resembles the other sex! Differences can be pretty subtle, and in some cases it’s easy to misinterpret them. So is your budgie a male or a female? Now, let’s start off with mentioning that the only way to absolutely be 100% sure of the sex of a budgie is a DNA test. Thank you for supporting Psittacology! How to tell the gender of a budgie If you make a purchase, a small percentage will go directly to Psittacology at no additional cost to you.
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