Bird tattoo ideas

3,605 photos and flash · 22% Fine line, 15% Realism · Forearm most common

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Black and grey fine line tattoo of two outlined birds forming a heart shape, centred on the upper back.
Outlined birds forming a heart on upper back
Black and grey dancing skeleton tattoo on a lower leg, with one arm raised and a small bird perched on the raised hand, in a traditional style.
Dancing skeleton on a calf
Fine line black tattoos on a man's forearms showing a stack of book spines, quotation marks, lettering and small flying silhouettes.
Book stack, quotes and birds on forearms
Healed tattoo across a woman's upper back showing a shaded dandelion, drifting seeds turning into black birds, and the script quote "Inhale the future, exhale the past".
Dandelion seeds becoming birds with script on back
Black and grey engraving-style tattoo across a person's back, showing a crossbow, a noose, a snake, a hunter with a musket, a horned figure with a horn and a hound, with text lines.
Engraved collage of crossbow, noose and hunter on back
Colour neo-trad style swallow tattoo with blue and red wings patterned with a flag design, and Rebel Within script above it, on a person's upper back.
Swallow with Rebel Within script on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a chickadee in flight across the upper chest.
Chickadee in flight on the chest
Black and grey realism tattoo on the back of a screaming woman with birds breaking into flight, with handwritten lyrics running down the left side.
Screaming woman and birds on back
Full colour back piece of a peacock in flight with peacock feather eyes and pink magnolia blossoms, shown across the back and lower back.
Peacock and magnolia back piece
Black and grey tattoo of pine and bare trees with a flock of birds above a Celtic knot band on a calf, shown in four side-by-side views.
Forest silhouette with birds and Celtic band
Black and white flash design of a simple cartoon penguin waving with one flipper, shown on a plain white background.
Waving cartoon penguin design
Full-colour tattoo of a whimsical castle on mechanical legs, with a green tree, red roofs and a large dome, across a person's upper back.
Walking castle tattoo across upper back
Black script tattoo reading Let it be with a small bird silhouette at the end, in lettering style, on warmly lit skin at an unclear body placement.
Let it be script with small bird
Black ink pen drawing of a dreamcatcher design with a tree of life, beads and feathers, drawn in fine line on white paper, not shown on skin.
Dreamcatcher with feathers design
Black and white photo of a foot with a small flock of black bird silhouettes tattooed across the top of the foot.
Small birds tattoo on a foot
Black and grey drawing of a bird in flight with ornate, marbled wing feathers and a long forked tail, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Flying bird in black and grey
Black ink tattoo of a cross with a flock of birds flying off it, on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Cross with birds on upper back
Pencil line drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design with roses, two lovebirds in an ornate heart frame and a banner reading Hopeless Romantic.
Roses and lovebirds tattoo design
Flash design of a compass rose on a teal world map, framed by branches, flowers, leaves, rope, a fish, a bird and an anchor, in a botanical style.
Compass rose with anchor, bird and botanical wreath
Colour tattoo of a cartoon bird-like creature with wide eyes and an open orange beak, above a furry orange figure, on the inside of a forearm.
Cartoon bird-like creature on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a small bird with a curling tail, placed on the skin behind a person's ear.
Small bird tattoo behind the ear
Realistic colour tattoo of a hummingbird in flight on the calf, with green and blue head and body, pink wings and a blue and purple tail.
Hummingbird in flight on a calf
Realistic brown and black owl head tattoo with a large detailed eye on the inner forearm, held by a gloved hand.
Owl head on a forearm
Colourful neo-trad style tattoo of pink poppies, yellow songbirds and green leaves on a calf, shown on both legs.
Poppies and songbirds on a calf
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a sunset over sea framed by palm fronds with three birds, on a forearm.
Sunset and palm leaves on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a pink galah cockatoo with spread wings and a crest, outlined in black with a blue-grey wash, on the side of the torso.
Pink cockatoo on a torso
Sketch-style tattoo of a teal and black bird in flight on the outer forearm.
Teal bird in flight on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of tall pine trees and flying birds on a lower leg, with stippled dotwork ground fading out at the bottom.
Pine trees and birds on a lower leg
Pencil drawing of a flying swallow with scrolling flourishes trailing behind it, shaded in grey, drawn on white paper, a flash design for a tattoo.
Pencil swallow with swirling tail on paper
Two tattoos on the lower legs, a grey and red snake on the left calf and a pink floral design on the right ankle, in a traditional and fine-line mix.
Snake and rose tattoos on lower legs
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm and forearm showing a rose, script words and a dove over smoky shading.
Black and grey rose, script and dove on an arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of two stylised birds facing each other with leafy branches and a pink dotted circle, across the upper back.
Two facing birds and branches across a back
Black silhouettes of seven birds in flight on a white background, with the words let it go in cursive script beneath them.
Flying birds with let it go script
Black silhouette of a Canada goose on off-white paper, with white script reading You Silly Goose and swirling ornaments across its body.
Canada goose with You Silly Goose lettering
Small black silhouette of three birds in flight tattooed on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade, in a minimal fine line style.
Three birds on upper back
Colour realism tattoo of a green and pink hummingbird in flight with a swoosh trail on a person's upper back, next to part of a rose tattoo.
Hummingbird in flight on upper back
Watercolour-style hummingbird tattoo in pink, blue, yellow and green on the side of a ribcage.
Watercolour hummingbird on the side ribs
Small colour tattoo of a plump robin with an orange breast on a person's upper chest, beside a black bra strap.
Robin on the upper chest
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a magpie with spread wings on the forearm and upper arm, shown on a person wearing a black top.
Two magpies with spread wings on both arms
Colourful illustrated design of a red and teal phoenix with flowing feather linework arranged to form a skull on a dark background.
Phoenix forming a skull design
Colour tattoo of a red and orange phoenix with teal accents and pink cherry blossom branches across a bare back, Neo-trad style.
Phoenix and cherry blossom across a back
Small grey shaded dove with a red outlined heart in its beak, tattooed on a woman's upper back near the shoulder.
Dove carrying a red heart on the back
Black fine line phoenix tattoo with outstretched wings and long trailing tail feathers on the side of the ribs.
Fine line phoenix on the side ribs
Black linework tattoo of two roses, leaves and a hummingbird across the outer forearm, in a botanical style.
Roses and hummingbird on a forearm
Watercolour-style pink flamingo tattoo with fine black linework and teal splashes on the forearm.
Pink flamingo on a forearm
Brown line drawing of a compass rose with N, E, S and W points, a fleur-de-lis at the top and a small black bird at upper left, shown as a flash design with no body part visible.
Compass rose with fleur-de-lis and bird
Colour tattoo of a chickadee perched on a branch with pink blossoms, shown on the upper arm in a traditional style.
Chickadee on a blossom branch on the upper arm
Black line drawing of a swallow in flight with swept-back wings, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Swallow in flight line drawing