Bird tattoo ideas

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Colour traditional tattoos on a woman's leg and forearm, including a heart, a chrysanthemum and a skull, shown against white bedding.
Traditional colour tattoos on legs and forearms
Side-by-side photos of a traditional style tattoo of a peach with birds and arrows on a thigh, showing red linework on the left and finished black and orange shading on the right.
Peach with birds and arrows, before and after
Black script tattoo reading "If I cannot fly, let me sing" on a forearm, with small music notes and birds beside the text.
Quote tattoo with music notes on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a mountain range with small birds on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Fine line mountain range on upper back
Black and grey flash sheet of three designs in a traditional style: a rope, a maple leaf and a bird, each with a campfire, tent and mountain scene inside.
Camping flash set with leaf, bird and rope
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of peonies, leaves, a songbird and a birdcage across a woman's chest and shoulder.
Peonies, songbird and birdcage across chest
Ink drawing of a bird in flight, its body formed by a treble clef and musical notes, with staff lines sweeping out as wings, in brown ink on white paper.
Bird made of musical notes and a treble clef
Black and grey realism tattoo of an elephant riding a unicycle with a banner reading ELEVATE and birds in flight above, on a person's side ribs.
Elephant on a unicycle with birds on the ribs
Black and grey botanical tattoo with leaves, flowers and a vine on the upper arm and forearm, shown below a white short sleeve.
Black and grey botanical arm tattoo
Black and grey tattoo of a bare tree with birds flying away from its branches, on the upper back and shoulder blade.
Bare tree and birds on a shoulder
Black line drawing of a stylised bird with swirling curled wings on a white background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Swirl-winged bird tattoo design
Dark, intricate peacock and paisley floral design across the upper back, in a botanical style, appearing to be henna-style rather than tattoo ink.
Peacock and paisley design on upper back
Large colour phoenix tattoo with spread wings in red, orange and yellow across a woman's back, shown from behind.
Phoenix across a woman's back
Two pencil drawings of doves with outstretched wings, one seen from the front and one from the side, shown as tattoo design sketches on a white background.
Two dove designs with spread wings
Colour botanical tattoo of a pink peony with dark green leaves and foliage on a forearm, with a floral-print fabric and a potted plant by a window behind.
Peony and foliage tattoo on an arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a cartoon owl with teal feathers, large orange-rimmed eyes and black outlines, on the forearm.
Traditional owl on an arm
Black ink hummingbird tattoo with dotwork shading and fine line wings, set on the forearm with swirling flourish lines behind it.
Hummingbird with swirling lines on a forearm
A woman lying on a bed in white lace underwear shows a colourful traditional-style sugar skull and rose tattoo on her upper arm, with a bird and red floral tattoos on her thigh.
Traditional sleeve with sugar skull and roses
Pencil drawing of a shaded feather that breaks into a flock of birds, with the words take those broken wings and learn to fly written along it.
Feather turning into flying birds
Two small black bird silhouette tattoos on the inner wrists of two people whose hands are interlocked against a dark teal patterned background.
Two small bird tattoos on wrists
Gold-toned tattoo of a mockingjay with an arrow, set inside a ring on a forearm, with partial cursive script at the top edge.
Mockingjay and arrow inside a ring
Black and grey line drawing of a dreamcatcher with flowers on the hoop, feathers hanging below and small birds flying off to the left, shown as a tattoo design.
Dreamcatcher with flowers and feathers
Black script tattoo reading All good things are wild and free, with a shaded feather and small birds, across a woman's upper chest and shoulder.
Feather and quote across a shoulder
Black and grey phoenix design with red cherry blossom flowers and petals, drawn in a Japanese style with no body placement shown.
Phoenix with cherry blossoms design
Grey shaded puzzle pieces with a tree growing through them, green leaves, birds and a heartbeat line, tattooed on a calf.
Puzzle piece tree on a calf
Pencil sketch of a stylised swan with a curled neck and tapered wing strokes, shaded in grey on a pale background.
Pencil sketch of a stylised swan design
Black fine line swallow tattoo on the inner wrist and base of the palm of an open hand, against a soft blurred background.
Swallow tattoo on an open hand
Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo with a crescent moon, two feathers, scattered birds and script reading Dream on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Dreamcatcher with feathers and the word Dream
Black and white tattoo flash sheet with designs including a origami crane, feather, cross, sugar skull, anchor, heart, diamond and geometric triangles.
Black and white tattoo flash sheet
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
Black ink drawing of a swallow in flight with spread wings and a forked tail, suitable as a tattoo design in a traditional style.
Swallow in flight, black linework
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
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a pine forest with birds and a bare branch running along the inner forearm.
Pine forest tattoo on a forearm
Watercolour-style tattoo of a songbird with black linework, outlined stars and a small heart on the inner forearm.
Watercolour bird and stars on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of the word Always with a Deathly Hallows symbol and three birds on the upper back.
Always lettering with birds and Deathly Hallows
Two colour tattoos of blue tits perched on the inner wrists of a pair of hands with white nail polish, in a realistic style.
Two blue tit tattoos on wrists
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
Two traditional-style swallow tattoos in red, yellow and blue sit either side of the upper back of a person wearing a sheer, polka-dot blue dress.
Two traditional swallows on a back
Blue-grey sketch tattoo of a bird holding a leafy twig, perched on a tree stump with leafy branches, on a torso above jeans.
Bird on a branch tattoo on the stomach
Small black silhouette tattoo of five birds in flight in a diagonal line along the inner wrist and forearm.
Five birds in flight on the inner wrist
Two black swallow silhouettes above black script reading Follow your heart and Never look back, tattooed on two forearms.
Matching swallows and script quotes on wrists
White line-art design on a black background of two interlaced birds with knotwork patterns and fan-shaped tail feathers, in a blackwork style.
Interlaced twin birds knotwork design
Black and grey tattoo of a small bird perched on a teacup, in a vintage engraved style, on the upper arm.
Bird on a teacup on the upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a treble clef formed from twisting branches, with two red songbirds, a small red rose and green leaves, on the upper thigh.
Treble clef of branches with two red birds on thigh
Small black bird tattoo on a woman's hip beside a patterned bikini bottom, with part of a star tattoo visible at the upper left edge.
Small bird tattoo on hip in patterned bikini
Traditional colour tattoo of a blue bird beside a red and teal flower and a red and teal leaf sprig, on a leg.
Blue bird and flower on a leg
Traditional style tattoo of the words No means No in black script with a solid red heart after each No, flanked by coloured designs on skin.
No means No script with red hearts
Black fine line tattoo of two swallows in flight on the side of a torso, above the waistband of black lace underwear.
Two swallows on a side torso