question about bird genders
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question about bird genders
by kandie65 » Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:16 pm
How can you tell what gendre a bird is if the beak is two different colors?
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Re: question about bird genders
by patdbunny » Fri Feb 18, 2011 1:04 pm
Depending on the bird, the beak color may not be a sexual indicator. What kind of bird are you trying to sex?
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Re: question about bird genders
by entrancedbymyGCC » Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:08 pm
I think you mean sex, not gender. It's picky, but "gender" actually refers to human behavioral and other characteristics associated with a sex and is not applicable to non-human animals.
Some species of parrot are sexually dimorphic, meaning that males and females look different when mature. For most, though, you need to have the bird DNA-sexed (or observe it laying an egg) to be sure which sex you have.
Some species of parrot are sexually dimorphic, meaning that males and females look different when mature. For most, though, you need to have the bird DNA-sexed (or observe it laying an egg) to be sure which sex you have.
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Re: question about bird genders
by zazanomore » Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:24 pm
entrancedbymyGCC wrote:I think you mean sex, not gender. It's picky, but "gender" actually refers to human behavioral and other characteristics associated with a sex and is not applicable to non-human animals.
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Re: question about bird genders
by Scarpath » Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:15 pm
If you are trying to determine the gender of a conure what I was told was to look at their head shapes and if it is square or boxey then it is supposed to be a boy, and if it is round it is said to be a girl.
If I am wrong somebody correct me please.
That is how I was told to determine the gender of a conure and that is what I have been doing.
The only thing I know about budgie sexes is that if it is brown/pink it is a girl and if it's blue the a boy. But I don't really know for sure.
what I was told was to look at their head shapes and if it is square or boxey then it is supposed to be a boy, and if it is round it is said to be a girl. If I am wrong somebody correct me please.
That is how I was told to determine the gender of a conure
and that is what I have been doing. The only thing I know about budgie sexes is that if it is brown/pink it is a girl and if it's blue the a boy. But I don't really know for sure.
How can I be in two places at once, unless I were a bird?
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