Bird tattoo ideas

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

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Watercolour style fine line tattoo of a dandelion releasing seeds that turn into small birds, across the shoulder blade of a person.
Dandelion seeds and birds on a shoulder
Flash sheet of six black line infinity symbol designs, featuring a feather, a rose, birds, music notes, hearts and interlocked loops.
Infinity symbol flash sheet with six designs
Black ink botanical tattoo of a small bird perched on a stem with a poppy and a rose-like bloom, drawn in fine line with dotwork shading, on the side of the torso.
Bird and poppy on a side body
Black botanical tattoo of two perched birds, a flying swallow and curling vines with leaves on a person's torso.
Birds and vines tattoo on the torso
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a grey pigeon with dandelion and cow parsley flowers and leaves on the inner forearm, with a small red word tattoo above it.
Pigeon and wildflowers on a forearm
Colour botanical tattoo of pink roses, green leaves and a robin on a person's thigh.
Robin and roses on a thigh
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a songbird perched on a thin branch among peach camellia flowers and leaves, in a soft realistic style.
Bird and camellia branch on a forearm
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of two songbirds, a red birdhouse and pink blossom wrapping around an upper arm.
Birds and a red birdhouse with blossom on upper arm
Illustration of a hovering hummingbird in teal and green, with a dotted body and a body filled with fern and leaf shapes, drawn in a botanical style.
Hummingbird with fern and leaf fill
Colour tattoo of a perched kestrel with pink peonies and peach poppies on a person's upper back and shoulder, in a neo-traditional botanical style.
Kestrel and peonies across a shoulder blade
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cuckoo clock with a deer head, maple leaves and birds, covering the upper arm.
Cuckoo clock with deer and maple leaves on upper arm
Black silhouette of a small bird with a plus sign and a pansy flower in outline, shown as a botanical flash design on a cream background.
Bird and pansy flash design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cartoon owl with orange eyes on a branch with pink cherry blossoms, across a shoulder and upper back.
Cartoon owl and cherry blossom on a shoulder
Two black and grey skull tattoos on fingers, one skull wearing a top hat, with a bird and leafy vine on the back of a hand.
Top hat skull finger tattoos
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a bird in flight whose wing blends into a bare tree, placed across the upper back below the neck.
Bird in flight merging into a bare tree
Colour tattoo of a peacock perched on a blossoming branch across the side of the abdomen, with its feather tail running down onto the thigh.
Peacock and cherry blossom on hip and thigh
Black tattoo of a bare branch with three small birds in flight, placed on a woman's upper chest near the collarbone.
Bare branch and three birds on a collarbone
Black blackwork tattoo of a tree within a circle, with branches dissolving into flying birds, on a person's upper back.
Tree in a circle with birds on upper back
Side-by-side photos of a forearm: on the left a faded grey bird with script lettering, on the right a colour peony with green leaves in a bold neo-traditional style.
Faded bird beside a red peony on a forearm
Pencil drawing of a peacock with a blossom branch and tail feathers with eye markings, shown as a design for a tattoo.
Peacock and blossom branch drawing
Black ink flash design of a swallow with a lace-patterned wing, paisley motifs and flowers, drawn in a black-and-white fine line style.
Swallow with paisley and lace-style flowers
Two people show matching colour tattoos of two birds on a branch with quote text above, on their upper backs near the shoulder blades.
Matching bird and branch tattoos on two backs
Colour traditional tattoo of a wren perched on a branch with green leaves and pink blossoms, on a person's back.
Wren on a blossom branch with pink flowers
Two matching black fine line tattoos on the wrists, one showing drifting dandelion seeds and the other a dandelion with birds flying from it, with a soft red wash behind.
Matching dandelion and bird wrist tattoos
Fine line colour tattoo of a curled ginger cat with green leaves, blue and purple flowers and a small bird, placed on the ankle.
Sleeping ginger cat with flowers on ankle
Black and grey ink drawing of a skull whose jaw and crown grow into twisted branches, with a forest scene in a circle, a deer, birds and orange falling leaves, shown as a botanical tattoo design with
Skull formed from a tree and forest
Black linework tattoo of a songbird perched on a blossom branch with bleeding heart flowers, running from the shoulder down the upper arm.
Bird and blossom on an upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a pink and grey bird surrounded by blue flowers and leaves on the upper leg.
Pink and grey bird with blue flowers
Blue ink tattoo of a long-tailed bird and peony-style flowers running along a forearm, in a Japanese-influenced botanical style.
Blue bird and flowers on an arm
Black and grey wildflowers with a red swirling sun and small birds, tattooed across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Wildflowers and red sunburst on upper back
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey songbird perched on an ornate gold birdcage with bleeding hearts and a red sunburst, on the outer thigh.
Bird in a birdcage with bleeding hearts on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a leafy branch with two small birds and an orange butterfly across the top of a foot.
Branch with birds and butterfly on a foot
Close-up of a small black fine line palm tree and birds tattoo on a person's ankle, with a grey suede knotted shoe beside it.
Fine line palm tree on an ankle
Black and grey fine line drawing of a woman's face framed by snakes, a rose, a bird and a butterfly, shown as a tattoo design.
Woman's face with snakes and flowers
Black and grey tree of life tattoo inside a circle, with roots below and birds flying off the branches, on the upper back near the shoulder.
Tree of life with birds on upper back
Colour realism tattoo of a red fox with feathered wings and leafy branches across a person's back, shown in two photographs.
Fox and feathered wings across a back
Realistic grey owl above a wreath of pink roses and green leaves on an upper arm, with part of another tattoo visible at the edge.
Owl above roses on upper arm
Colour tattoo of two songbirds perched among blackberry branches across the upper abdomen, in a neo-traditional style.
Two songbirds and blackberries across the stomach
Colour realism style tattoo of a cherry blossom branch with pink flowers and a blue bird, running from the neck across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Cherry blossom branch and bluebird on upper back
Black linework tree with exposed roots and a red ink splatter behind it, drawn as a tattoo design on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Tree with roots and red splatter
Black linework design of a swirling tree of life inside a circle, with small purple, orange and blue birds perched in the branches and red birds flying above.
Tree of life in a circle with birds
Realistic colour tattoo of a sunflower with two small birds and green leaves, placed on the calf.
Sunflower and birds on a lower leg
Black tattoo of birds flying away from a dandelion seed head across the top of a foot, with red painted toenails.
Birds flying from a dandelion on the top of a foot
Watercolour-style tree tattoo with black bare branches, pink, purple and teal splashes and two small birds, on the lower leg.
Watercolour tree with birds on a lower leg
Coloured flash drawing of a flying pelican with outlined feathers, a koi fish, lotus flowers and irises on a pale background, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Flying pelican with koi and lotus flowers
Black fine line tattoo of a dandelion dissolving into flying birds, with script lettering running along the upper shoulder and chest.
Dandelion seeds becoming birds with script on shoulder
Realistic colour tattoo of a maple leaf with a forest and bird scene inside it, placed on the forearm.
Maple leaf with forest scene on an arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a green hummingbird and pink orchids on the side of a torso, with the bird flying towards the flowers.
Hummingbird and orchids on the side