Recently got a cockatiel not sure of sex?

[Mikeyc]

 

[LaManuka]

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Cockatiel gender is reasonably easy to pick visually, but it will depend entirely on how old your bird is and whether s/he has gone through their first big moult into adult plumage or not. The best indicator is to look at the underside of the tail feathers, as a male will have solid colour there whereas a female's tail feathers will always retain a rippled/stippled effect of colour on the underside, like that illustrated here ...

Again though, it totally depends whether they've shed those juvenile tail feathers, which generally happens somewhere around the 8 or 9 month old mark, because up to that point the juvenile and female tail feathers look pretty much exactly the same. Hope this helps you!

 

[Mikeyc]

Yes that helps thank you I believe he/she is a little over a year old and it has some strong marking under the tail.

 

[Mikeyc]

I tried to get a better picture here

 

[LaManuka]

Yep well if they're adult feathers then that would indicate you have a little hen on your hands The paler feathers show the barring in an adult female too, though you might have to wait until they're moulted out and hold them up to a bright light to be able to see it.

 

[Mikeyc]

Yep well if they're adult feathers then that would indicate you have a little hen on your hands The paler feathers show the barring in an adult female too, though you might have to wait until they're moulted out and hold them up to a bright light to be able to see it.

Thank you!

 

[texsize]

With whit face cockatiels a grey face is female and a white face is male.
assuming the bird has gone through first molt.
so yes, female