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15 Parrot Coloring Pages to Print for Free!

Animals

By Coloring Together

Drawing of a macaw perched on a branch colored with markers
Colored by the Coloring Together artists. See gallery.

If you have ever heard a parrot screech, you already know that a parrot never goes unnoticed. They are loud, curious and, above all, colorful, which is exactly why these parrot coloring pages are made for using every single pencil in the box.

In this collection you will find a bit of everything: giant macaws flying with their wings spread, calm parrots resting on a branch, one with a crest that looks combed on purpose, and some really simple outlines to start without any rush. There is no correct way to color them, so try wild combinations: out in nature parrots are pretty over the top anyway.

Plus, we scattered lots of facts about these chatty birds between the pages, because coloring can also be a calm way to learn. Shall we start giving color to all those feathers?

Parrots coloring pages

Why color parrot pictures?

The parrot is one of the few birds that can imitate the human voice, and that is why people have always been fascinated by them. There are more than 350 species spread across the tropical parts of the world, from tiny parakeets to huge macaws with very long tails.

Coloring parrots is a great way to look at them slowly and notice details a photo skips over: the strong curved beak, the feet with two toes pointing forward and two back, that expressive face that seems to understand everything. While you choose the colors, your hand relaxes and your mind focuses on one single thing, which is already a lot.

And if you end up with a parrot you love, show it off: here at Coloring Together we keep a gallery with the drawings kids send us, and there is always room for one more feather.

Learn while coloring Parrots

  1. Parrots are among the few birds that can imitate the human voice. The African grey is the champion: some learn hundreds of words.
  2. They have no vocal cords. They make their sounds with an organ called the syrinx and shape them with their tongue, just like we do with our mouth.
  3. Their feet are zygodactyl: two toes point forward and two backward. That lets them grab food and lift it to their beak like a hand.
  4. The hyacinth macaw is the largest flying parrot in the world: it measures almost one meter from head to tail tip.
  5. The biggest parrots can live a very long time: a macaw can reach 60 or 80 years, almost like a person.
  6. The kakapo, a parrot from New Zealand, is the only one that cannot fly, and on top of that it is nocturnal.
  7. They are very intelligent: some solve puzzles and use little sticks as tools to reach their food.
  8. A macaw's curved beak is so strong it can crack very hard nuts that no other animal in the forest can open.
  9. In the jungle, many parrots eat clay from riverbanks. That clay helps them digest fruits that would otherwise upset their stomach.
  10. The smallest parrot is the pygmy parrot, about 8 centimeters long: smaller than a sparrow.

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