How do turtledoves divide male and female?

If you want to tell the difference between the male and female turtledoves, you can look at the tail, listen to the call, touch the keel, touch the keel. The sound of the male turtledove is louder, while the female turtledove is softer; the short keel is basically the female turtledove and the long one is the male turtledove.

How do turtledoves divide male and female?

1. Look at the tail: there is a V-shaped gap in the tail of the male bird, and the lines at both ends of the tail are tall and straight; the two ends of the tail of the female bird are oval and the lines are round! However, because the captured turtledoves often have tail feathers off, or turtledoves fight in the wild will have tail feathers off, easy to misjudge, this method is not reliable!

2. Touch the crotch method: mainly touch the opening of the crotch bone (between the two cartilages below the anus of the turtledove). Wide for the female, narrow for the male, the general male bird opening is not more than one thumb, and the two cartilage is obviously pointed, the female bird opening is one thumb or more than one finger, and the two cartilages are slightly round! But because the turtledove is easy to be frightened and nervous when it is caught, the crotch will be folded up, making it wide and narrow! Beginners are even more difficult to master! The crotch of a new female bird that has never laid eggs is also difficult to distinguish! This method requires long-term practical experience accumulation!

3. How to listen: generally speaking, the calls of male birds are louder and rugged, while the calls of female birds are soft and thin, but not absolutely! There are many female birds whose calls are also rough! And some male birds have slender voices! So listen to how it blows!

4. Touch the keel: distinguish between male and female by the length and shape of the keel! Because of the physiological differences between male and female birds, there are also differences in keel length and the shape of keel ends. The keel with short keel is female and the keel with long keel is male. The elder masters use these to distinguish the male and female of turtledoves, and the accuracy is very high. The mistake was almost zero. But it's hard for beginners to master.