Any ideas on my albino budgie?

[annmariethomas96]

Hi, I’ve had my albino budgie for 4 months now and can’t work out the gender, the cere has been the same since I got him/her,

 any ideas? 
                  TIA xx

[jellybean]

Looks like a lovely little BOY to me.

[birdguhl]

Hmm - I not sure re sex but it he looks as if he / she has dark eyes.

Would that mean this bud is not actually albino?

Having said that I had a lutino whose eyes looked dark.

Nothing is straightforward with buds!

[annmariethomas96]

It’s not as clear in the pictures as it is in person but definitely red eyes,

[Hezz]

I'm inclined to say boy, as well, in spite of the seemingly white rings around the nares. That looks more like reflecting light to me.

[Marianne Marlow]

Eyes look red in this one.

I'd say boy too.

[Morgan]

The very first photo looks henny, but the rest point to male. I think Hezz is right about the reflected light because a female albino would usually not show such a deep pink color to the cere. Not that there couldn’t be an exception!

Nov 24, 2020 18:10:48 GMT birdguhl said:

Hmm - I not sure re sex but it he looks as if he / she has dark eyes.

Would that mean this bud is not actually albino?

Having said that I had a lutino whose eyes looked dark.

Nothing is straightforward with buds!

Dark eyed clears and double factor spangles are all white or yellow with black eyes as babies. As adults the dark eyed clear will not get pale irises but the df spangle will.

[yellowfacedviolet]

Looks male to me.

And those eyes are coming through plum-colored on my monitor and do not  appear black when compared to the other budgie in the pictures.

So an albino boy is my call.