In this recording we have a happy little female parakeet chirping away with a few tssk-tssk sounds thrown in for good measure. An interesting fact is that female parakeets tend to bite harder than males. They also tend to chatter more than males. Males are better "talkers" than females and thus it's important to go for a male bird if you wish your parakeet to become a champion talking bird.
Identifying the sex of a parakeet is a fairy simply exercise. Look at the bird's cere - the area directly above the beak which causes the two nostrils. The cere is blue in male birds and brown in females.
As a young bird males will show a pinkish to purple colored cere while young females will also display a pinkish cere until 4 months at which point it will change to a whitish color. After 8 months of age both sexes will display their full adult cere color - i.e blue ( male ) or brown ( female ).
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More Parakeet Facts :
- There are 32 primary color variation in parakeets which allows for hundreds of possible secondary color combinations.
- Their regular body temperature is about 41 degrees Celsius ( 105 Fahrenheit ).
- In the wild, native Australian parakeets can go for long time without water. This helps them roam far and wide in search of food during dry spells.