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Confused about lovebird gender

Lucario223

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A few months back I decided to get my 6+ year old male peachfaced lovebird a female partner from a local breeder. After a while she started to show signs of attraction and eventually a very puzzling mating behaviour which made me question her gender. I'm very confused because as you can see in the video she's both lifting her wings up like a female would and brushing her tail around like a male. What kind of conclusion can I make from this?
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That is her, ¨having a good time alone¨. Hens will also masturbate like the males do.

If she gets into the aeroplane position, with tail right up in the air and stands on two feet like that, I would think you have a female.
 

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That is her, ¨having a good time alone¨. Hens will also masturbate like the males do.

If she gets into the aeroplane position, with tail right up in the air and stands on two feet like that, I would think you have a female.
Thanks for your answer! I'll check carefully if she does that again
 

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You´re welcome :) She will likely be in that position when your male is near, though if she is not interested in him, she may ¨present herself¨ to a human or toy, perch etc

This is the posture,
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