How can you tell if a parrot is male or female?

s2004: How can you tell if a parrot is male or female?
I have a 20 year old Red Loned Amazon parrot and I’m trying to get him/her some tail, but I have no time to take him to Tijuana… seriously though, I want to breed the parrot…any suggestions?

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Answer by spitchus
take him to a vet?

Answer by dhernandez2000
there is no way to really tell without getting a DNA test
there are some clues that are not always right on the gender

my parrot we believe is female because she is very protective of the males in our family and dislikes any female that trys to pet it

Answer by lindsay_jo_294
the only way is to have a DNA test done. It’ll cost you abou 15 dollars. your local vet can have it done. I hope that you have experience with breeding. it’s not easy if you don’t know how to hand feed. good luck tho!

Answer by Elfchic
https://www.petcraft.com/docs/genderdeterm.shtml

Apparently it’s not that easy to tell the difference. Sorry.

Answer by Soliel B
DNA testing is the easiest. And cheap. Don’t ever let a vet do surgery to sex your bird. Make sure you have some one to mentor you if you are planning on breeding the bird. It is not an easy task.