Bird tattoo ideas

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

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Legs in a pale ruffled skirt and platform heels show traditional style tattoos of a bird with flowers, a stag head, a ship's wheel and roses.
Traditional tattoos on legs with stag and ship's wheel
Drawing of a geometric owl in flight, built from faceted feather shapes in teal, blue, brown and cream on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Geometric owl in flight
Black and grey tattoo on the inner wrist showing a dreamcatcher with shaded feathers, a flock of birds and the script word Dream.
Dreamcatcher and feathers on a wrist
Black ink bird with feathers and roses on the side ribs, with flowing script tattooed on the thigh, in a black and white photo with a patterned yellow bikini.
Bird and roses on ribs, script on thigh
Fine line tattoo of birds in flight rising up a forearm beside the word faith in cursive script.
Birds in flight and faith script on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a bird in flight with an arrow passing through its beak on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Bird in flight with arrow on upper chest
Small black fine-line tattoo of three birds in flight above the cursive word invictus, on the upper back of a woman in a bikini.
Invictus script and three birds on the back
Black and grey tattoo on the side ribs showing a crow inside a dark crescent, a rabbit, a falling figure in a dress with smoke-like tendrils, and the words let go in script.
Rabbit, crow and falling figure on the ribs
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
Black ink tribal-style drawing of a phoenix with sweeping wings and flame-like tail feathers on a pale background.
Tribal phoenix design
Small grey swallow tattoo in flight on the upper chest near the collarbone, with outlined wings and soft shading.
Swallow tattoo near the collarbone
Realism tattoo of a hummingbird above two red roses and grey leaves, shown across the upper arm and shoulder in three photographs.
Hummingbird and red roses on an upper arm
Black silhouette design of four perched birds on a bare branch, with a songbird on a leafy twig and three small birds in flight above.
Silhouette birds on branches stencil
Black and grey photo of three small fine line birds in flight on the inner wrist, with a knitted sleeve and wooden boards behind.
Three small birds on a wrist
Small black stylised phoenix tattoo with a swirling tail on the upper back, photographed from behind.
Stylised phoenix on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of mountains, a waterfall and pine trees inside a triangular frame, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Mountain, waterfall and pines in a triangle
Black line drawing of an ostrich filled with floral mandala and swirl patterns, shown as a fine line flash design with no body placement.
Ostrich with floral mandala pattern
Woman seen from behind with a braided updo, showing a fine line tattoo of a flock of black birds rising across her upper back and spine.
Flock of birds across a back
Colour flash design of a blue and pink bird on a flowering branch with the script Never Clip My Wings and two music notes.
Bird on a branch with Never Clip My Wings script
Painterly tattoo of a bird in flight with black and white wings and an orange breast, placed on a person's upper back.
Flying bird on upper back
Black bare tree tattoo running from the shoulder down the upper arm, with three birds in flight across the upper back.
Bare tree and birds on a shoulder
Black and grey dotwork tattoo in a circle on the side of the ribs, showing a sun over mountains, a ringed planet and a spiral galaxy.
Dotwork sun, mountains and galaxy in a circle
Solid black tribal design of a stylised winged figure with a long tapering tail on a white background, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Tribal winged figure design
Colour traditional tattoo of a pepperoni pizza slice with the words In Crust We Trust above it, on the forearm.
Pepperoni pizza slice with In Crust We Trust
Black tattoo of a flock of birds rising over the script line Sometimes you're gotta fall before you fly, on a person's upper back and shoulder.
Bird flock and script quote across a shoulder
Pen and ink sketch of a round-eyed owl perched on a leafy branch, drawn on aged paper as a tattoo-style design with no body placement shown.
Owl perched on a branch
Colour tattoo of a cherry blossom branch with pink flowers and a bird with a red throat, plus two small characters, on a person's upper back.
Cherry blossom branch and bird across upper back
Two people in pink camisoles show matching small black fine line swallow tattoos on the upper chest, one on each side.
Matching fine line swallow tattoos on the chest
Sketchy fine line tattoo of a sparrow in brown and grey tones on the outer forearm.
Sparrow on a forearm
Black and grey brush enso circle framed by ferns, trees, birds and a deer, drawn as a tattoo design with no body part shown.
Enso circle with ferns, trees and birds
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hawk perched on an inverted triangle with dotted lines, on the inner forearm.
Hawk perched on a triangle on a forearm
Pencil sketch design of a shaded feather with a flock of birds rising from its tip and the script words sometimes you gotta fall before you fly along its length.
Feather with birds and script quote
Black and grey phoenix tattoo with flowing feathers across a bare shoulder, upper arm and upper back, shown in a monochrome photograph.
Phoenix tattoo across shoulder and back
Small black fine line tattoo of three birds in flight on a woman's upper back near her left shoulder, photographed from behind.
Three birds on upper back
Collage of black fine line infinity symbol designs with script words and birds, shown as temporary tattoos on a wrist and forearm.
Infinity script temporary tattoo designs
Fine line geometric swallow tattoo in black ink on the side of a person's ribs, with cream fabric wrapped across the upper torso.
Geometric swallow on the ribs
Black line geometric tattoo of a bird with spread wings merging into a scorpion tail, with faceted shards, across a man's chest.
Geometric bird and scorpion on chest
Collage of stylised animal designs on a white background, including red ornamental birds, owls, black swans, elephants, pink cranes and multicoloured giraffes.
Collage of stylised animal line art designs
Pen drawing of a traditional-style anchor wrapped in rope, with a seagull, a ribbon banner reading family and blue water, shown as a design with no body placement.
Anchor and rope design with family banner
Realistic colour tattoo of a hovering hummingbird with blue, green and purple plumage beside a purple flower on skin.
Hummingbird and purple flower tattoo
Small black and grey fine line tattoo of a flying bird on the inner wrist, with a hand wearing teal nail polish visible above it.
Flying bird on the inner wrist
Black fine line infinity symbol with three birds in flight and the word Always in script on a person's back shoulder.
Infinity symbol with three birds and Always
Photograph of a realistic colour tattoo of a red cardinal perched on the inner forearm, with a quarter coin resting above it.
Realistic red cardinal on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of three black birds perched on a curling vine with pink blossoms, running from the shoulder across the upper chest.
Birds on a vine across the collarbone
Fine line black tattoo of a bird with long trailing feathers on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Bird with flowing tail on upper back
Reddish-brown outlined phoenix tattoo with ornamental swirls and flowing tail feathers across a person's upper back.
Ornamental phoenix on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of tall pine trees, birds in flight, a mountain and a deer on a calf, shown from four angles.
Forest and mountain scene on a calf
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a treeline with birds in flight on the inner forearm, shown against a dark top.
Treeline and birds on a forearm