Parrot Coloring Pages - Bird Coloring Book: Volume 1 (Bird Coloring Books For Adults)

This parrot coloring book is comprised of 51 finely detailed and accurately rendered illustrations of beautiful parrots. The line drawings have been derived from magnificent water color paintings that are well over a century old. Most of them are from Edward Lear’s "Illustrations of the Family of the Psittacidae, or Parrots” published in 1832 which contains lithographs of his original paintings. In fact we have included all 42 birds from this wonderful and renowned collection. Coloring enthusiasts are invited to breathe life into these black and white line drawings using bright and vibrant colors that make these beautiful birds fly off the page!

Species of parrots included are Abyssinian Parrakeet, Amazon Parrot, Barnard's Parrakeet, Baudin's Cockatoo, Bauer's Parrakeet, Bay Headed Parrot, Black-capped Lory, Black-tailed Parrakeet, Blood-rumped Parrakeet, Blossom-feathered Parrakeet, Blue and Yellow Maccaw, Blue Mountain Lory, Blue-striped Lory, Bourkes Parrakeet, Brown's Parrakeet, Collared Parrakeet, Crimson-winged Parrakeet, Crimson-winged Parrakeet, Cuban Maccaw, Dwarf Parrakeet-Maccaw, Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Grey Parrot, Hooded Parrakeet, Hyacinthine Maccaw, King Parrot, Kuhl's Parrakeet, Leadbeater's Cockatoo, Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Long-billed Parrakeet-Maccaw, Many Colored Parrakeet, Maton's Parrakeet, New Holland Parrakeet, Pacific Parrakeet, Paleheaded Parrakeet, Patagonian Parrakeet-Maccaw, Pennants Parrakeet, Pigeon Parrakeet, Red-Capped Parrakeet, Red-fronted Parrakeet, Red-winged Parrakeet, Roseate Parrakeet, Roseringed Parrakeet (Yellow Variety), Salmon-crested Cockatoo, Scarlet (Red and Yellow) Maccaw, Scarlet-collared Parrakeet, Stanley Parrakeet, Swindern's Parrakeet, Tabuan Parrakeet, Turquoisine Parrakeet, Undulated Parrakeet, Uniform Parrakeet, Variegated Parrakeet, and Vernal Parrakeet.

Please note that we have retained the old English spelling of Parrakeet and Maccaw from the original publications. The common spelling today is Parakeet and Macaw.

The back cover of this book shows the original colored lithographs of the parrot water color paintings that were used to render the line drawings for you to color. These colored pictures offer an accurate guide for those who want to color the birds true to life. But of course feel free to express your creativity and color the parrots any way you please.