Is he/she male/female

[triggerbug]

Hi! I've got a question about my ringneck Jojo. I've had him for over a year now and he brings me endless joy. I've heard that only male ringnecks have the ring around their necks, and that it develops slowly, but the females have only a slight green ring. Now when I got him I was told he was a he, but I notice that 'he' has the slight green ring. Jojo is roughly a year and 4 months and I've attached a picture here. Can anyone who is a pro at this tell me whether he's a she? I wouldn't care either way just want to be referring to the poor bird correctly

[AJPeter]

I have a very similar looking Alexandrine female parrot, but l cannot help you with sex only to say she looks female.
AJPeter

[sanjays mummi]

Personally. I think it is way too early to say either way.

[electronegative]

Some male ringnecks develop their rings late, so it's generally not safe to say the bird is conclusively male/female until after they're 3 or so years old.

If you want to know for sure without waiting that long and you're in the US, I believe www.avianbiotech.com charges $25 to DNA sex the bird via feather testing. There are similar websites for other countries too.

[sheyd]

Male

[triggerbug]

Thanks to all of you! I guess I will just have to wait and see still

[triggerbug]

I've been looking at his/her behaviour and notice Jo does the heart shaped thing with his wings, which I read about in the article on this site about sexing your bird. But not sure if that in itself is a dead fast way to tell.