Bird tattoo ideas

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Neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm of a small bird with clockwork gears in its body, surrounded by red poppies and green leaves.
Clockwork bird with red poppies on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a kestrel perched on a branch with peonies and poppies in a neo-traditional style, across a person's upper back and shoulder.
Kestrel and peonies across a shoulder blade
Colour tattoo on a person's upper back of yellow flowers, grey-blue leaves, a ball of yarn with knitting needles and a chickadee, in a botanical neo-traditional style.
Yellow flowers, yarn and chickadee on a shoulder blade
Colour hummingbird tattoo with an outline flower and black dots on a forearm, shown in three angled views.
Hummingbird and flower on a forearm
Full back tattoo in colour of a woman with long flowing red hair reaching towards a white dove, in a neo-traditional style with ornate linework across the back.
Woman and dove full back piece
Two colour neo-traditional heart tattoos on a lower leg, one showing an anime girl with two cats and the other a white creature with soot sprites.
Anime heroine and cats beside soot sprite hearts
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a hummingbird and red and purple lilies across the ribs of a person's side.
Hummingbird and lilies on the ribs
Two side-by-side photos of legs in boots: a colour tattoo of a bird with green foliage and red shading on the outer thigh, and a teal and orange butterfly with script lettering on the inner thigh.
Bird and butterfly tattoos on thighs
Black and grey Neo-trad back tattoo of a woman holding a set of scales, with roses, a skull and feathered wings across the back.
Woman with scales and skull on full back
Colourful phoenix tattoo in neo-traditional style on the outer thigh, with a long peacock feather tail sweeping down the leg.
Phoenix with peacock feather tail on a thigh
Neo-traditional owl tattoo in blue, purple and yellow with a black outline, spread across a person's upper back.
Blue and purple owl on upper back
Colour tattoo of a quetzal bird in an ornate gold frame on the side of a torso, with a teal mandala tattoo on the thigh of a person in a black top.
Quetzal in a frame and teal mandala on thigh
Neo-traditional tattoo of an anthropomorphic cat in a leather jacket and star badges, holding a blade, with orange and blue washes behind, on the forearm.
Cat in leather jacket with a blade
Colour tattoo of a green and purple hummingbird beside pink trumpet flowers and black swirling vine linework, on skin in a neo-traditional botanical style.
Hummingbird and pink flowers on upper back
Colour tattoo of a cartoon raccoon and a green hummingbird-like bird with autumn leaves, on the upper arm, in a neo-traditional style.
Cartoon raccoon and green bird on an upper arm
Black outlined cartoon owl tattoo with orange and purple accents on the upper arm, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Cartoon owl on an upper arm
Pencil and ink sketch of a tattoo design showing a woman's face framed by flowing hair, with two small birds and blossoms, in a Neo-traditional style.
Woman with birds and flowers tattoo design
Colour phoenix tattoo in orange, red and yellow with spread wings and purple swirls across a person's upper back.
Phoenix tattoo on upper back
Colour tattoo of a small bird on a branch inside a black scrolled oval frame, with a teal and orange body, on the upper arm.
Sketchy bird in a scrolled oval frame on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a small teal and red bird with a red sun and branches on the inner forearm, in a loose neo-traditional style.
Bird and sun on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a fiery phoenix with outstretched wings and talons, rising over dark rocks across the upper arm and shoulder.
Phoenix rising across an upper arm
Colour tattoo on an upper arm of a graveyard scene with a bare tree and crosses inside an ornate frame, flanked by two red roses.
Graveyard cameo with roses on upper arm
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a fox head in profile with a small bird on a branch, leaves and a rose on skin.
Fox, bird and rose tattoo
Colour tattoo on a thigh showing a round cartoon character in glasses holding a sugar skull, with teal banners reading Sympathy for the Unusual, in a neo-traditional style.
Cartoon character with banners on thigh
Ink drawing of a wide-eyed owl perched on a branch, a neo-traditional tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Wide-eyed owl perched on a branch
Pink and purple peony tattoo with black and grey feather detail across a thigh and hip, in a bold Japanese-influenced style.
Peonies and feathers on a thigh
Colour neo-trad tattoo of an owl within a circular frame and roses on a forearm, with the hand raised in a rock horns gesture.
Owl and rose forearm tattoo
Six neo-traditional tattoo flash designs on paper showing a ram skull, a deer skull, a moth, a fennec fox, a red panda and a bird with peonies, all in bright colour.
Neo-traditional animal designs on flash sheets
Colour tattoo of two magpies perched on a white flower with green leaves and red berries, in a bold neo-traditional style on the upper chest.
Two magpies and flower on upper chest
Neo-traditional tattoo of a perched songbird surrounded by orange flowers and green leaves, covering the back of a hand.
Songbird and orange flowers on the hand
Colour tattoo of a peacock with magenta eye-spot feathers and pink peonies wrapping around an upper arm, in a neo-traditional style.
Peacock and peonies on an upper arm
Full-colour neo-traditional tattoo of a rooster with blue and orange plumage and a red comb, placed on the thigh.
Colourful rooster on the thigh
Colour tattoo of a swallow in flight on the forearm, with its black wings filled by a large red rose and a green head.
Swallow and rose on a forearm
Black ink flash drawing of a bird in flight carrying a sprig, with a landscape inside its body and flowers around it, in a botanical neo-traditional style.
Bird in flight with flowers and lettering
Heavily tattooed arms crossed over a head of long hair, showing a grey rose on the hand, a pink rose on the forearm, and a teal heart on the upper back in traditional style.
Roses and heart tattoos on arms and hands
Colour tattoo of a cartoon owl perched on a branch with pink cherry blossoms, across a shoulder and upper back.
Owl and cherry blossom on a shoulder
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing two roses, an ornate birdcage with hanging chains, and a small bird perched on a branch, shown in three side-by-side panels.
Roses, birdcage and bird on an arm
Colour tattoo of a robin perched above a red heart and pink flowers with green leaves, on the outer thigh.
Robin, heart and flowers on a thigh
Neo-traditional teapot pouring into a teacup with pink blossom, orange roses and birds, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Teapot pouring into teacup on thigh
Colour tattoo of a blue and green peacock among pink cherry blossom on the side of a thigh.
Peacock and cherry blossom on the thigh
Colour neo-trad tattoo of a black raven with red poppies, green leaves and white scrollwork on the outer thigh.
Raven and red poppies on a thigh
Colour tattoo on a thigh of two blue birds, a birdcage, red roses, a teacup, a pocket watch and a pair of rings in a neo-trad style.
Birds, birdcage and roses on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo of a cartoon owl with beaded eye rings perched on a branch, on the forearm.
Cartoon owl on a branch
Two coloured thigh tattoos: a birdcage holding a heart in an ornate frame on the left, and a red bird with a brain on the right, in a neo-traditional style.
Birdcage and bird with brain on thighs
Black and grey tattoo of an anthropomorphic cat in a top hat and monocle, smoking a cigar and holding a cane with a bird-head handle, on a lower leg.
Dapper cat in top hat and monocle on calf
Black and grey raven tattoo with peony blooms and scrollwork running down the thigh, drawn in a neo-traditional style.
Raven and peony scroll on a thigh
Neo-traditional pink flamingo tattoo with dark outlines, set against an orange sun and surrounded by leaves with red berries, on a limb.
Pink flamingo with leaves on a limb
Colour tattoo of a blue swallow with a pink blossom and green leaves on a person's upper chest, near the shoulder.
Blue swallow and blossom on upper chest