Bird tattoo ideas

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Pastel hummingbird tattoo with black ornamental mandala linework and dotwork shading across a forearm.

Hummingbird and mandala on a forearm

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of pink roses, a songbird and pansies with green leaves and soft grey shading on an upper arm.

Roses, songbird and pansies on upper arm

Two matching foot tattoos in neo-traditional style, a llama with beads and a cow in a scarf, with the words FRIENDS and NOT FOOD on banners.

Llama and cow tattoos on a pair of feet

Colour tattoo of a rising phoenix with outstretched wings and swirling orange and red tail feathers, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.

Orange phoenix tattoo on upper back

Colourful digital drawing of a peacock with a fanned tail of green and purple eye feathers, a blue body and a black bow at the neck, on a plain grey-green background.

Peacock with fanned tail

Neo-traditional flash design of a braided, dark-haired figure holding a green skull bottle, flanked by birds and roses, with a banner reading Over Your Dead Body; no body placement shown.

Braided figure with potion bottle and banner

Colour tattoo of a California quail surrounded by orange poppies with green leaves, in a neo-traditional style, on a limb.

California quail and poppies on a limb

Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a brown songbird on a branch with pink blossom inside a yellow-outlined diamond, on the thigh.

Songbird and blossom on a thigh

Colourful geometric bird tattoo with black hatching and yellow, teal and orange accents on a forearm.

Stylised bird on a forearm

Neo-traditional full sleeve with owl and roses

Mirror selfie of a neo-trad colour sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a large Dalek with blue lightning and stacked boxes.

Dalek colour sleeve tattoo

Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a skeleton holding a bird, with a woman's head with a hair bun, on the inner thigh.

Skeleton and woman with a bird on a thigh

Colour tattoo of a mountain, pine trees, a lake and yellow flowers inside a diamond frame on the outer thigh, in a neo-traditional style.

Mountain lake and pines on a thigh

Neo-traditional drawing of a red-haired woman with a feather headdress, a raven and an axe, shaded in black and grey with red hair.

Woman with raven and axe design

Colour tattoo of a perched songbird inside a floral wreath with the words Free Indeed above it, on the forearm.

Songbird and floral wreath with Free Indeed

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a swallow perched on an ornate key with flowers and a red mandala behind it, on the thigh.

Swallow on a key on the thigh

Neo-trad style tattoo of a stylised bird with patterned plumage, tulips and vines in black outline with blue, red and orange fill on the side of the ribs.

Stylised bird and tulips on the ribs

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a peacock with feather eyes and pink flowers across a person's upper back.

Peacock and pink flowers on a back

Large colourful neo-traditional peacock tattoo running from the side of the ribs down over the thigh.

Peacock tattoo on hip and thigh

Black linework tattoo of an origami crane with floral patterning and a bird with ornate wings on a shoulder, shown in two stacked photos.

Origami crane and bird on a shoulder

Colourful cartoon pirate owl tattoo wearing a skull tricorn hat, eye patch and pink coat, holding a cutlass, on the thigh.

Pirate owl with cutlass and skull hat

Neo-traditional tattoo of a blue cartoon owl with yellow ear tufts and large round eyes perched on a dark branch with green leaves, on a limb.

Blue cartoon owl on a branch

Full-colour phoenix tattoo in a neo-traditional style across a person's back, with spread wings in purple, blue and green and flowing red and blue tail feathers.

Colourful phoenix across a back

Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a blue bird with spread wings, a red rose and yellow leaves on the inner forearm.

Blue bird and red rose on a forearm

Realism light bulb tattoo with a glowing amber filament on a leg, surrounded by neo-traditional flowers, leaves and small bird silhouettes.

Glowing light bulb tattoo on a leg

Profile of a woman with roses and a feather

Colour tattoo of a hummingbird on a branch with pink peonies, green leaves, a beaded chain, a skull and a key, on an upper arm.

Hummingbird, peonies and key on an upper arm

Colour tattoo of a songbird inside a wreath of flowers and berries, with the words Free Indeed above, on the upper arm.

Songbird in a flower wreath with Free Indeed lettering

Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a stylised bird with a red beak and red tail feathers on the upper arm, with a rainbow arc beside it.

Stylised red-beaked bird on upper arm

Colourful neo-traditional rooster head tattoo on the forearm, with a red outlined music note beside it.

Stylised rooster on a forearm

Neo-traditional flash of a blonde cartoon woman with a tattooed arm, two bluebirds, roses and a banner reading Once Upon a Dream.

Blonde princess with roses and banner

Neo-traditional style flash drawing of a cartoon hummingbird with a large eye, teal body and yellow-green tail feathers, on a grey background.

Cartoon hummingbird flash design

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an animated princess with dark hair and a teal tiara, holding a small bird, with white blossoms, on the outer thigh.

Animated princess with bird and blossoms

Neo-trad style tattoo of a quill pen with a blue feather and flying birds on the forearm, with a script lettering band at the wrist.

Quill pen and birds on a forearm

Colour tattoo of a green hummingbird feeding from a red hibiscus flower with a leafy stem, placed on the upper arm near the shoulder.

Hummingbird and hibiscus on upper arm

Colour peacock tattoo across a woman's chest, with feathers fanning out to the shoulders and eye markings in red, green and yellow.

Peacock tattoo across the chest

Colour tattoo of a sunflower, marigold and perched bird down an upper arm, with a swooping bird and FORGIVE ribbon across the shoulder.

Sunflower and bird upper arm with ribbon

Colourful Neo-trad style tattoo of a green and orange phoenix with peacock feathers across the side of the ribs.

Phoenix and peacock feathers on ribs

Colour tattoo of a black bird with red wing patches on a bare branch, beside large red poppies, on a thigh.

Blackbird and red poppies on a thigh

Colour neo-trad style tattoo of a green and blue bird with outstretched wings and a long swirling tail on the ankle and lower leg.

Green and blue bird with swirling tail on ankle

Colour tattoo of a blue bird with a pink chest and a long scrolling tail, placed across the upper back.

Blue bird with scrolling tail on upper back

Large colour tattoo across a person's upper back showing a leafy tree with birds in flight above an electric guitar wrapped in orange ribbons, on the Back.

Tree, birds and guitar across a back

Colourful neo-trad calf tattoo of a bee-eater bird with orange poppies, green seed pods and purple crystals, with a faint repeat of the design on the other leg.

Bird, poppies and crystals on a calf

Colour tattoo of a goldfinch perched on a branch with pink wild roses, daisies and leafy sprigs, on the upper arm.

Goldfinch and wild roses on an upper arm

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a peacock with a red rose and small flowers on the outer thigh.

Peacock and rose tattoo on the thigh

Captain America eagle and anchor flash

Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a whale decorated with sailboats, fish and an umbrella, with a bird on top, on the inner forearm.

Whale with sailboats on a forearm

Two people hold hands to show matching colourful swallow tattoos on their wrists, one in green and orange and one in purple and yellow.

Matching swallow tattoos on two wrists