| What is the difference between male and female budgies? |
| Direcly above the budgies beak is a cere. This is where the nostrils are located. The color of the cere determines the budgie's sex. The budgie to the left is a male because his cere is a vibrant blue color. |
| Female budgies have a tan, or brown cere; Like the budgie to the right. |
| There two are exceptions to this rule. The first is when your budgie is albino or lutino. This means that the pigment the budgie has is very minimal (in the yellow lutino) or non-existent in an albino. Both these birds will have red eyes, and do not possess the pigment necessary for their cere's to possess different colors. |
| The other exception is when your budgie isn't sexually mature. Baby budgies ceres are purple. The way you can tell if they're too young is baby budgies have button eyes; it looks like their eyes have no pupils. They also have lines along the entire top of their heads. That's how they got the nickname barheads. |
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| The budgie above is a lutino. That is the real color of its eyes |
| Another way to tell your budgies' sex is to watch its behavior. |
| Male budgies are a lot more vocal and can be taught to talk easier than female budgies can. |
| Female budgies tend to chew on objects more; this is a nesting behavior. They will also be the ones to enter the nest box. |
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