67 Turkey Vulture Coloring Pages & Sheets

Classroom & Home Ideas

• Cliff Habitat Display. Color a turkey vulture perched on a rocky cliff, then add paper mountains, a river, and a forest around the cutout.
• Wingspan Study. Choose a page with spread wings and label the wings, head, beak, feet, and tail feathers.
• Portrait Comparison. Color two easy head portraits, making one face forward and the other look to the side. Place them together to compare the beak and feather shapes.
• Rocky Ledge Scene. Color the canyon ledge page and extend the rocks onto a larger sheet of paper with brown, gray, and tan crayons.
• Mandala Wall Circle. Color several framed turkey vulture mandalas and arrange the circular pages together on a classroom or hallway wall.
• Realistic Feather Chart. Use a realistic standing vulture page and shade the body feathers dark brown or black, the bare head red, and the beak pale ivory.

Questions

What colors should I use for a turkey vulture?

For the realistic pages, use dark brown or black for the body, red for an adult bird's bare head, pale ivory for the beak, and gray or pink for the feet.

Which turkey vulture pages are best for preschoolers?

The 19 easy pages have thick outlines, large head portraits, and broad spaces that are easier for toddlers and preschoolers to color.

Which pages have the most detail?

The adult section contains 13 turkey vultures with circular mandalas, decorative frames, patterned feathers, and smaller coloring spaces.