Can your bird be sexed?
Over the years we have been asked to sex more and more species of bird and as a consequence, we have built up an extensive database of species and of course, expertise in the peculiarities of sexing each species using DNA testing.
Please see our full species list below. If your species is not listed, don’t worry, it is still likely that we can sex your bird for you – DNA testing is very versatile. There is nothing we like more than the challenge of sexing a new species…
By the way, if you are sending in samples from a species which is not currently on our list, it is really helpful if you could also send us a sample from a known female (no extra charge).
We look forward to being of service to you.
Avian Species List Tested (Bird Sexing)
Common Name*
African Grey Parrot
African/Dark Breasted Barn Owl
Alexandrine Parrot
Aplomado Falcon
Barbary Falcon
Bearded Vulture
Black-Chested Buzzard-Eagle
Black Sparrowhawk
Bonnelli’s Eagle
Boobook Owl
Brown Wood Owl
Burrowing Owl
Carrion Crow
Chanting Goshawk
Crested Caracara
Egyptian Vulture
Eurasian Eagle Owl
Galah Cockatoo
Golden Eagle
Green-cheek Parakeet
Greyish-Eagle Owl/Vermiculated Owl
Gyr Falcon
Harris’s Hawk
Hooded Vulture
Lanner Falcon
Long Eared Owl
Masked Love Bird
Merlin Falcon
Meyers Parrot
Moustached Parakeet
Northern Goshawk
Peregrine Falcon
Quaker Parrot
Rednape Falcon Shaheen
Ringneck Parakeet
Rubino Rosella Parrot
Saker Falcon
Screech Owl
Sea Eagle
Siberian Goldfinch
Silkie Chicken
Snowy Owl
Turkey Vulture
Western Screech Owl
White Face Scops Owl
Scientific Name
Psittacus erithacus
Tyto alba affinis
Psittacula eupatria
Falco femoralis
Falco pelegrinoides
Gypaetus barbatus
Geranoaetus melanoleucus
Accipiter melanoleucus
Aquila fasciata
Ninox boobook
Strix leptogrammica
Athene cunicularia
Corvus corone
Melierax canorus
Caracara cheriway
Neophron percnopterus
Bubo bubo
Eolophus roseicapilla
Aquila chrysaetos
Pyrrhura molinae
Bubo cinerascens
Falco rusticolus
Parabuteo unicinctus
Necrosyrtes monachus
Falco biarmicus
Asio otus
Agapornis personatus
Falco columbarius
Poicephalus meyeri
Psittacula alexandri
Accipiter gentilis
Falco peregrinus
Myiopsitta monachus
Falco peregrinus peregrinator
Psittacula krameria
Platycercus elegans
Falco cherrug
Strix acio
Haliaaetus
Carduelis carduelis
Gallus gallus domesticus
Bubo scandiacus
Cathartes aura
Megascops kennicottii
Ptilopsis leucotis
*Please note: Some species may have multiple common names, if yours seems not to be listed please search using the scientific name.