How can I tell if my baby parakeet is a girl?

Question

Hello,

I have a baby female parakeet, and I wanted to know if she is a girl because her cere is a white, pink color. I would appreciate any answers.

Thank you

Answer 1

Nothing is definite until they are a few months old, we thought we had a Henry, 4 months later we discovered we had a Henrietta ha ha!

Answer 2

Look closely at the cere (the fleshy skin over the beak, where the nostrils are).  Male baby parakeets have translucent pink ceres that look sort of like a sore thumb.  The cere may have a bluish or purplish tint.  Female baby parakeets have opaque white covering most of the cere, especially around the nostrils.  It often has a light blue tint.  In parakeet chicks, the blue color is not helpful, since  it does not mean you have a male.  What matters is whether the skin is translucent or opaque.  There is a lot of individual variation in this.  However, females normally have the opaque whiteness covering most of the cere, with the area surrounding the nostrils being an especially solid white.  Males may have some opacity around the nostrils too, but it's not as intensely white as on females, and it doesn't cover such a large area of the cere.  Another clue is that males are much more vocal than females, even as chicks.