Plumage gets you most of the way in most colour varieties, where males have distinctive face and chest markings. Then watch for chasing and courting behaviour, which is the other giveaway. Between the call, the markings and the behaviour you will have him within a day.
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He is calling for a mate and probably announcing territory, and a male without hens of his own calls a great deal more. Longer days and warmth push it up, which is also why a lot of us notice the males going quiet as autumn comes in.
If the noise is a problem indoors, the usual answer is to give him hens: one male with several females is how most people house them, and a settled male calls much less than a frustrated one.