Male or female budgie?

[BelovedBirds]

Supposedly 2 years old and male, but the cere is very pale blue and slightly pale purple ish at the top? Doesn't strike me as an obvious boy, especially for supposedly being 2 years old.
Opinions?

 

[ChickenChick46]

It's so cute! My Neville (age unknown as he is a rescue) is more obviously male. His feet and cere are both pretty obviously blue. But I've had females before, and they laid eggs by the time they were not quite a year old. I'm not sure if that's helpful or not, just my experience. He's adorable either way!

 

[BelovedBirds]

Another photo in different lighting to show the pale blue shades:

 

[BelovedBirds]

It's so cute! My Neville (age unknown as he is a rescue) is more obviously male. His feet and cere are both pretty obviously blue. But I've had females before, and they laid eggs by the time they were not quite a year old. I'm not sure if that's helpful or not, just my experience. He's adorable either way!

Our other budgie is also obviously male with a very dark blue cere!

 

[Zoohtasim]

Supposedly 2 years old and male, but the cere is very pale blue and slightly pale purple ish at the top? Doesn't strike me as an obvious boy, especially for supposedly being 2 years old.
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id say male, but not 2 years old

 

[SilverBirds]

Looks like a male to me. I have a boy who had a lighter blue/purple cere. I questioned if he was really a boy except he loves to sing. After my older male budgie died, he bonded more closely with my female budgie and his cere darkened quite a lot. He was about 3-4 years old when that happened.

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

I'd say female...

 

[BelovedBirds]

I'm getting a lot of mixed answers... is there any way to tell for certain that isn't a blood test? (Not going to go that far) We were hoping to try and bond this budgie with our male budgie- I guess male or female could work but we'd really like to know which it is!

 

[BelovedBirds]

Looks like a male to me. I have a boy who had a lighter blue/purple cere. I questioned if he was really a boy except he loves to sing. After my older male budgie died, he bonded more closely with my female budgie and his cere darkened quite a lot. He was about 3-4 years old when that happened.

Don't suppose you have a photo of when his cere was light? Was he under a year old at that point? I just thought that a male would have a much darker cere at 2, unless the age is wrong.
Also this bird has so far been quite quiet and sassy, if that helps. We are giving them a lot of space and keeping a friendly distance while they settle, but if we need to refill the water bowl etc we get a very sassy beak threat.
I'm not convinced it was well looked after previously

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

I'm getting a lot of mixed answers... is there any way to tell for certain that isn't a blood test? (Not going to go that far) We were hoping to try and bond this budgie with our male budgie- I guess male or female could work but we'd really like to know which it is!

Waiting would tell. The cere is almost certain to change at some point or other.
I said female as those pictures give absolutely zero indication of male. A "blue" cere does not mean male. A mature female can definitely have a pastel blue cere, which unless your pictures aren't showing the true colours is what I see.
I've had a number of male budgies from babies to adult and I've not had a single one with a cere that pale, I don't breed so I don't encourage my birds to be in breeding condition, which would brighten/darken the ceres. Even baby male budgies will have a bluey pink/purple cere. To me a blue and white cere is female and has proven correct IME.
A male budgie has an equal chance of bonding with another male or female. It comes down to their personalities regardless of gender as to whether they're compatible.