How to tell if a galah is male or female??

[tessie]

I have 3 galahs which have been handed into me at different stages. 2 of them have grey around their eyes and one has white around it's eyes and I was wondering if that is any indication of sex?

If not how else can you tell?

Thanks!!

[anzac]

I thought that the pink eyes were female, darker ruby eyes male? I though the colouration and wrinkles were signs of age ie smooth white young bird, grey wrinkles older bird. I'm sure Mike has a better idea

[sfan]

Only way to really tell is a DNA test. Generally females have a pinker iris with boys dark. But is some cases girls can also be dark. The dots or colours around the eyes is more to do with age and sub species. Eye colour is the same usually until 1year old.

[avinet]

In most cases the eyes tell you the sex provided the bird is over 12 months old. Very rarely can the eyes give a misleading result in a mature bird. There are other more subtle characteristics such as head size, beak shape, and behaviour, but they are much more difficult to apply than the eye.

If you can show us photos of the eyes of the three birds I'll tell you what I think they are - provided they are over 12 months old.

cheers,

Mike

[Greybeard]

Applying the KISS principle.......The one which lays the eggs is the female ;D

I couldn't resist that one!

[angelica]

It usually shows when Galahs mature, girls eyes usually become redish pinkish and males eyes are black/dark

[archerman]

What I knew before was definitely the girl birds have pink iris. But good to know that is not definite and some female birds can have dark irises too.