How to distinguish male and female hemp birds

The hemp bird is a passerine bird whose gender characteristics are not very obvious, but the male and female can be preliminarily distinguished from the color of the head and tail feathers.

The head and throat of the male bird are mostly red or orange, and the color is more bright during the breeding season, while the head and throat of the female bird are mostly light brown. In addition, the tail feathers of the hemp bird have obvious black and white stripes. The black stripes in the male bird's tail feathers are wide and prominent, and the white stripes are thin and blurred. The black and white stripes in the female bird's tail feathers are evenly wide and narrow and relatively not prominent.

In addition, sexually mature male birds usually perform unique courtship performances during the breeding season, such as raising wings, spreading tail feathers, calling to attract, etc., while female birds do not have these performances. Through these traits and behaviors, male and female hemp birds can be preliminarily distinguished.

However, it should be noted that these characteristics are not always an accurate way to determine gender, because the coloring on some young birds may be less obvious or incompletely developed, so a more comprehensive set of characteristics needs to be combined to determine the gender. If you need to determine the sex of a hemp bird, it is best to rely on scientific methods, such as DNA analysis.

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