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Originally Posted by BigV
I don't know what you see/saw (see what I did thar?) that makes you think it's a juvenile, but it does seem to be female. What a great shot. Kudos!
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These two pics from Wikipedia:
Wiki IDs this as a female adult:
Notice the breast pattern is more akin to stripes, than to spots, like on my boid.
And a Wiki-ID'd young 'un:
Notice the spots on the breast.
My bird's feathers look a bit on the down-y side. He's fluffy. Also, it looks like the malar (or 'cheek') stripes look darker on the younger birds, and paler, or faded, on the older ones. Might just be me, or the particular pics I looked at.
Thanks, V.