 The female is easily distinguished from the male : she has a more narrow and less domed head , her beak is narrower and proportionally longer , her cere and nostrils smaller , her legs and feet more slender and pinkish grey , and her tail proportionally longer . While her plumage colour is not very different from that of the male , the toning is more subtle , with less yellow and mottling . She tends to resist more and be more aggressive than the male when handled . A nesting female also has a brood patch on the bare skin of the belly . 
 The female is easily distinguished from the male : she <a href='got' title='1'><mark>has</mark></a> a more narrow and less domed head , her beak <a href='drop_aux' title='2'><mark>is</mark></a>narrower and proportionally longer , her cere and nostrils smaller , her legs and feet more slender and pinkish grey , and her tail proportionally longer . While her plumage colour <a href='negative_concord' title='3'><mark>is</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='4'><mark>not</mark></a>very different from that of the male , the toning <a href='drop_aux' title='5'><mark>is</mark></a>more subtle , with less yellow and mottling . She <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>tends</mark></a> to resist more and be more aggressive than the male when handled . A nesting female also <a href='got' title='7'><mark>has</mark></a> a brood patch on the bare skin of the belly . 
The female is easily distinguished from da male : she got a more narrow and less domed head , her beak narrower and proportionally longer , her cere and nostrils smaller , her legs and feet more slender and pinkish grey , and her tail proportionally longer . While her plumage colour ain't very diffrent from dat of the male , the toning more subtle , witt less yellow and mottling . She tend to resist more and b more aggressive than the male when handled . A nesting female also got a brood patch on the bare skin of the belly .