Good news! It seems like Maple is a female. I'm going back and fourth with the whiteface Pearl. I don't know the age and it's really bothering me. Here is a picture that Sussane used in her collage.


The bird on the bottom right looks like my bird right now. That might mean that it's an incomplete Pearl. Also, take a look at this collage:


It says that makes will have black tips and females will just have a black line in the middle. It also says that if only works on young birds which makes sense because when I checked her just now she has BOTH of those tail feathers. That means that she's an incomplete Pearl, right? But how does that explain her not being extreamly scared of people? I can't wait to find out the truth.

I'm not sure what your pearl is, but I really hope the pied is a hen.

The pearl's tameness doesn't tell us anything about its gender. Maybe the breeder handled it some, or maybe it's just a sweet and gentle bird. Hens do tend to be more gentle than males but it's not something you can depend on. It's my impression that pearl tailfeathers are variable, and Susanne's signs are a potential indicator not definite proof of anything. FWIW the majority of cinnamon and pearl birds are female, but males certainly do exist.