He's a boy. He is a rescue. I have only had this one for a couple of months, we found him on a golf course with a broken wing and on the verge of death. So I rescued him and gave him fluids and taped his wing up. His wing is now healed but he hasn't been able to re-learn how to fly. I think he is trying to talk. I don't think he is going to be able to be released back into the wild, his wing was pretty bad. I have bred just about all birds before and had many a great talkers. The best bird I had was a RedTail Black Cockatoo, she was wonderfull untill we had a home invasion in Sydney, she saved Tennilles life as I wasn't there at the time but after that she was too nervy and scared everytime anyone came to visit. I had a Blue ringneck I raised from a 1 week chick and she loved me, use to give me kisses and cuddles all the time, so sad I had to sell up before I left Sydney, I had Rossella's, cockatoo's, ringnecks,lorrikeets,corrella's, just to name a few.LOL I am addicted to animals!!!!!! Can't ever just own one of a species, I get carried away well and truely!!!!!!!