{"id":3640,"date":"2016-11-04T18:15:25","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T00:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/windycityparrot.com\/blog\/?p=3640"},"modified":"2016-11-04T18:15:25","modified_gmt":"2016-11-05T00:15:25","slug":"matter-sex-bird-long-knows-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/?p=3640","title":{"rendered":"Does It Matter What Sex My Bird Is as Long as He or She Knows Its Name?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why is DNA so VERY important even for your non-breeding parrot?<\/span><\/p>\n

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About 20% of parrots, like budgies, eclectus, and cockatiels that are sexually dimorphic. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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That means that the gender of the bird can be identified by physical differences. <\/span><\/p>\n

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In the case of budgies and cockatiels, they have to reach near-adulthood to exhibit differences while Eclectus are readily identifiable upon feathering out the first time since females are red and blue while males are green.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The sexual organs of birds are inside the body, making it impossible to tell gender by visually checking organs such as is done with dogs and cats. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Some breeders claim to be able to identify the gender of parrots that don\u2019t exhibit differences visibly based on factors such as the spread of pelvic bones upon reaching breeding age, the shape of head and behavior.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Perhaps some breeders are reasonably accurate, most are about as accurate as tossing a coin as a means of determining gender.<\/span><\/p>\n

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