Bird tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a raven in flight on a person's upper back, with its wing and body formed from a bare tree.
Raven and bare tree on upper back
Black and grey shaded swallow tattoo in mid-flight on the side of the torso, with feathers drawn in soft realistic detail.
Swallow tattoo on the side of the torso
Pen line drawing on graph paper of a fern frond, several feather and frond designs, a swirl and a hummingbird head, suitable as fine line tattoo flash.
Fern fronds, feathers and hummingbird sketch
Black ink drawing of a small fairywren with a raised tail and white wing patch, perched on a thin branch with green leaves.
Fairywren perched on a leafy branch
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a green and brown parrot perched among red peonies with dark outlines, on the forearm.
Parrot and peonies on a forearm
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
Brown ink drawing of a songbird in flight, its body formed from a treble clef and musical notes, with wings made of staves and notes drifting behind it.
Bird made of musical notes and a treble clef
Black line drawing of an open birdcage with two roses, a bird flying out, a feather and a padlock, in a fine line style with no body placement shown.
Open birdcage with roses and a flying bird
Black fine line drawing of a stylised swallow with curling tail swirls and a trailing vine of leaves, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Swirling bird and leaf vine line design
Black and grey tattoo on the side ribs of a torso, showing a profile made of connected dots and lines filled with a mosque skyline, clouds and birds.
Profile of minarets and clouds on the ribs
Three solid black swallow silhouettes tattooed on the side of a torso above the hip, shown in a black and white photo.
Three swallows on the side of the torso
Black and white crest design with a letter H, the number 221B, a TARDIS, a pentagram, a bird and a banner reading Not all who wander are lost.
Crest with TARDIS and quote banner
Small fine line tattoo of a robin with a red breast and black outline on the upper arm.
Small robin on the upper arm
Several wrists with small black bird silhouette tattoos flying in a line across the inner forearm, with painted nails visible.
Flock of birds on wrists
Black script reading She believed she could so she did, beside a dandelion whose seeds become birds, with one small purple bird, on the outer foot.
Dandelion and birds quote on foot
Black ink flock of small birds flying across the upper back of a woman with her hair in a ponytail, standing on a beach.
Flock of birds across a upper back
Small fine line black hummingbird tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm, with the hand raised against a pale fabric background.
Hummingbird on the inner wrist
Black line drawing of a dove in flight with spread wings and a tapering tail, shown on a plain white background, suitable as a tattoo design.
Dove in flight line drawing
Black and white photo of a bare foot on a rail, with a fine line swallow tattoo on the ankle and top of the foot.
Swallow tattoo on an ankle
Black and grey flash design of a dotwork mandala above feathers, butterflies, arrows and stars, shown on a plain white background with no body placement.
Mandala and feather dreamcatcher design
Flash design of a cartoon peacock with a large round head, shaded black and grey feathers and blue-eyed tail plumes on a white background.
Cartoon peacock with blue-eyed feathers
Black and grey fine line script and a shaded feather with small birds tattooed on the ribs.
Feather and script on the ribs
Black and grey Japanese style bird with detailed feathers and a talon, tattooed across a shoulder and upper back.
Japanese bird and cloud design on shoulder
Small fine line elephant tattoo with a raised trunk and three birds flying from it, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Small elephant and birds on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a back showing a girl seated in a basket of red apples beneath tall trees and birds in flight.
Girl with apples in a wooded scene on the back
Black fine line tattoo of a heron in flight with dotwork shading, placed on the inner forearm.
Flying heron on a forearm
Two black magpies in mid-flight with blue ink splashes, shown on the upper thigh and outer thigh in a watercolour-inspired tattoo on bare skin.
Two magpies in splash style on thighs
Five small black swallow silhouettes in flight, arranged in a rising line across the inner forearm.
Five swallows in flight on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a feather on the upper chest dissolving into a flock of birds rising over the shoulder.
Feather and flying birds on the shoulder
Colour tattoo of an open birdcage with pink and blue flowers on the upper arm and shoulder, with a small swallow in flight above it.
Birdcage and flowers on an upper arm
Solid black silhouette of a soaring bird tattooed on a wrist, with a cream knitted sweater cuff below.
Soaring bird on a wrist
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
Black and grey realistic swallow in flight tattooed on the outer forearm, with wings spread and tail feathers extended.
Swallow in flight on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a small bird with a shaded wing, placed on the inner wrist, in a black and white photograph.
Small bird on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork raven head in profile on a calf, with inky strands trailing down below the neck.
Raven head tattoo on a calf
Fine line black bird tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, photographed in black and white against a pale floral fabric.
Small bird on inner wrist
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a woman in an eyed headdress with snakes, birds and flowers, above a banner reading Volverte a ver.
Eyed headdress woman with banner design
Black lettering tattoo reading freedom with a small bird silhouette above the final letters, on the inner wrist, in a Lettering style.
Freedom lettering with a bird on the wrist
Realistic brown and red swallow tattoo in flight on a woman's upper chest, near the collarbone and shoulder.
Swallow in flight on upper chest
Black silhouette tattoo of a flock of birds rising from the lower neck and across the shoulder blade of a woman with a braided updo, against a pale sky.
Flock of birds across a back
Black and grey script tattoo reading Ohana with three small swallow silhouettes, placed on the side of the ribs below a black bra strap.
Ohana script lettering with swallows on ribs
Black and grey shaded hummingbird tattoo with swirling flourishes sitting on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Hummingbird with swirls on a shoulder blade
Pencil drawing of two swallows facing each other above a branch of small blossoms, a traditional-style tattoo design in black and grey.
Two swallows with blossom branch
Black ink drawing of a crow in flight with painterly feathers on a plain white background, shown as a standalone blackwork-style design.
Flying crow in black ink
Watercolour-style tree tattoo on the inner forearm, with bare black branches over orange, pink and blue washes and small birds above.
Watercolour tree on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a sailing ship above an anchor and waves, framed by green leaves and a red rose, on an upper arm.
Ship, anchor and rose on an upper arm
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on a woman's arm, showing flying birds, clouds and a forest, shown from two angles.
Birds and forest full sleeve
Colour tattoo on a flank of skin, styled as torn skin revealing a blue sky with two swallows, grey clouds and a rainbow, in a realistic style.
Torn skin revealing sky and rainbow