Coloring Together

Turkey Coloring Pages

Animals

By Coloring Together

Drawing of a turkey with its tail feathers fanned out colored with colored pencils
Colored by the Coloring Together artists. See gallery.

Here is something about turkeys that almost nobody knows: the bare skin on their head and that little flap hanging over their beak actually change color depending on how the bird feels, going from bright red to blue or even white in just a few seconds. That is what makes these turkey coloring pages feel a bit like a game: you get to decide what mood your turkey is in.

We gathered turkeys for every taste: a cartoon one with a huge grin, another with its tail spread wide like a fan, a mother turkey strolling with her chicks and even a few realistic turkeys hiding in the grass. Pick your favorite, grab your colors and get started.

Turkeys coloring pages

Why is coloring turkeys so good for you?

The turkey is a big, curious bird native to the Americas, and the male makes himself look even bigger when he puffs up his body and spreads his tail to show off. He has a funny walk and an unmistakable call, that "gobble-gobble" you can hear from far away.

Coloring a turkey is a perfect excuse to slow down for a while and focus on something nice. As you decide what color each feather should be, your hand settles, your breathing eases and your mind gets a rest. There is no way to get it wrong here: every turkey can turn out exactly the way you want, and that freedom is precisely what feels so good.

Learn while coloring Turkeys

  1. The turkey is native to the Americas. The ancient peoples of Mexico were already raising it hundreds of years ago.
  2. That "gobble" a male turkey makes can be heard from more than a kilometer away.
  3. Wild turkeys sleep up in the trees at night to stay safe from foxes and other animals.
  4. The skin on a turkey's head changes color with its mood: red when it is excited, and blue or white when it is calm.
  5. An adult male turkey can have more than 5,000 feathers covering its whole body.
  6. Turkeys see in color and have a field of vision of almost 360 degrees, so it is very hard to catch them by surprise.

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