[RPG] How specific does “beast you have seen” have to be for Wild Shape

dnd-5edruidwild-shape

Starting at 2nd level, you can use your action to magically assume the
shape of a beast that you have seen before.

This doesn't say anything about the gender or age of the beast, so can a druid change into a female bear if he has only seen male bears? Can he change into a bear cub if he has only seen adult bears? What about hens/roosters/chickens, which look quite a bit different? Or does the gender of the animal shape just match the gender of druid?

Best Answer

You just need to see one beast of its kind, not every possible phenotypic category of a kind of beast. If you did, it would specify that with something like

... the shape of a beast of a [gender/age/size/colour/seasonal pelt] that you have seen before.

It only specifies that you have seen that kind of beast before, nothing more.