Males of the wild kingdom are the more brightly colored, more flamboyantly feathered, than the females. This is true for all,as should be obvious if you pay attention,okay? It is the same thing for birds.Whether we are talking Cardinals or Cockatiels, the female is darker, and more drab,which makes sense, considering that in the wild the female has a protectively less ostentatious coloring than the male,so that she is harder to see as she sets on the nest, hatching eggs. The male Cockatiel has a brilliant bright yellow crest, and vivid grey, black and white patches on the rest of the body,with the yellow repeated usually on the breast and the tail. The female Cockatiels are fairly uniform in the greyness,and have little touches of yellow and white, grey and black, but it is all muted and soft in comparison to her male counterpart. And where the male will often have an entirely yellow head, other than the brilliant orange cheek patches, the female may have only one tiny shock of yellow on her head, and the orange cheek patches may be small, again, muted with grey, and all but non-existent.
However, when they are young hatchlings both male and female Cockatiels are grey, so it is in your best interest to get your bird from someone who knows how to sex them, if it matters to you what the gender of your bird is. By an large the rule of thumb is that females are shyer and less talkative than males, and the males are more adventuresome and affectionate,and louder,but as with any pet, they all have their own personalities,and can be a wonderful addition to any home that is fond of birds.
For more information, try going to www.birdtalkmagazine.com/ where they have full color pictures and lots of resources.
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