Mother Toco Toucan Feeding Her Chick Colouring Page

A mother Toco Toucan perches beside a rounded tree-hole nest and offers a small berry from the tip of her enormous bill. The single chick reaches up with its beak open while the adult grips the branch with both feet, keeping her folded wings and complete tail visible. The tender feeding action is the clear focus. How to colour: Use rich black for the mother's crown, body, wings and tail, while leaving her throat and chest white. Colour her eye ring sky blue, iris dark brown and enormous bill with a smooth golden-yellow to orange blend, a red-orange lower edge and black tip. Give the chick softer charcoal feathers, a creamy white throat and a paler yellow-orange bill, then make the berry bright crimson. Use blue-grey for both birds' feet. Layer the trunk and branch with tan, ochre and warm brown, making the nest interior deep brown. Follow adult feathers with smooth strokes, use short soft strokes on chick down and broken vertical marks on the bark.

◫ A4 size✎ Bold outlines♡ Ages 3–8

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