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I am getting a white face grey cockatiel, is there any other way to tell if it is male or female other than actually having a test done??

When you get your bird show us a picture and give us the age. We may be able to tell you if its a boy or girl.

a dark under tail, female is yellow & black stripes. I have the normal grey, he's male.
Also what age is your bird? If it hasn't had it's first molt it'll be hard to tell but not always impossible.
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try again. My male with the black undertail & after his first molt. 9 months old.

With the whiteface mutation, there`ll be no yellow on the bird no matter the sex.

But other than that: a mature male will have a bright white face, and a solid colored tail.
A female will have a light grey face, and white and grey stripes on her tail and butt.
An immature bird will look like a female. So if the bird is less than 6 months, you need to have it DNA sexed to be certain. After 6 months they begin to molt, and by a year they usually have their full adult plummage. So by a year old, if it still looks like a girl, it`s a girl.