Male, 2cy+ November. In general ad birds show more (and larger) red waxy ornamental tips in SS than young birds, and males more (and larger) than females. Counting the red waxy tips is of limited use for sexing ad, as the overlap is large. The overlap is much less for young birds, so this criteria works fine as a supporting character. Ad males show 6 to 8 waxy tips. [3630907]