Bird tattoo ideas

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

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Colourful watercolour-style hummingbird tattoo in blue, purple, pink and yellow on the left side of a person's ribs, with a black top visible above.
Watercolour hummingbird on the ribs
Colourful realistic full sleeve tattoo on an arm with a hummingbird, a robin, sunflowers, dahlias, pansies and blackberries, shown in three views.
Floral realism full sleeve with birds and sunflower
Black silhouette design of a bird wearing a top hat and filled with cog wheels, drawn as a stencil-style flash on a white background.
Steampunk bird in a top hat
Realistic coloured tattoo on a thigh of a treble clef formed from twisting vines, with two red birds perched on it and a small red rose.
Treble clef vine with red birds 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
Black and grey realism style tattoo on a woman's upper back showing a stag in a suit with bare branches for antlers and a small bird perched on top.
Stag with branch antlers and a bird on back
Realism tattoo of a stone stairway rising through clouds and light rays, with pink birds, across the upper arm and shoulder.
Stairway through clouds on upper arm
Black ink drawing of an ornate bird perched on a white background, built from flowing swirls, spirals and dotted circles, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Ornate swirl bird design
Fine line black tattoo of an infinity symbol with a solid elephant in one loop, the word love in script and small birds, on the forearm.
Infinity symbol with elephant and love script
Colour fine line tattoo on an upper arm showing a dragonfly, a bee, a dark bird and grass stems with red flowers, beside a framed print of the same design.
Insects, bird and grasses on an upper arm
Black fine line swallow tattoo with hatched wings on the inside of a forearm.
Swallow on a forearm
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
Black and grey tattoo on the upper back of a feather that breaks into a flock of birds flying upwards, in fine line and dotwork shading.
Feather breaking into a flock of birds on the back
Black script lettering reading My brother, My best friend and Forever in my heart, with three swallows in flight, tattooed across the upper back.
Script quote and swallows on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of an eye with branch-like lashes, small birds and a curled hook shape, placed on the upper back.
Eye with birds and drips on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of small birds in flight and a scripture verse in script on a woman's upper back, with the sea behind her.
Birds and script on a upper back
Traditional colour tattoo of palm trees, a red sunset over the sea with a sailboat, and a pink flower with green leaves, on a forearm.
Palm trees, sunset and flower on a forearm
Two small black and grey traditional swallow tattoos on the inner wrists of two people resting their hands on green grass.
Two matching swallow tattoos on wrists
Black and grey swallow tattoos flying from the ankle across the top of a foot, with pink toenail polish visible.
Swallows flying across an ankle and foot
Black tribal-style eagle in flight on a white background, drawn with flowing, feathered brush strokes; no body placement is shown.
Stylised eagle in flight design
Colourful geometric hummingbird tattoo on the lower leg, with pink, teal and orange panels, black linework and triangle and diamond motifs above and below.
Geometric hummingbird on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a quill rising from an ink pot with birds in flight, above the script words By words the mind is winged, on the upper back.
Quill, ink pot and birds with script quote
Black tribal-style phoenix design with spread wings and a long, curling tail, shown as a tattoo flash drawing with no body placement.
Tribal phoenix with spread wings
Traditional colour tattoo of a surfer silhouetted against a sunset with palm trees, a wave and a bottle, framed by a rope border and banners reading Somewhere Over The Rainbow, with hibiscus flowers.
Surfer at sunset with hibiscus and banner
Black and grey pencil sketch of a bird in flight, with its wings and tail built from musical staff lines, quaver stems and a treble clef swirl, drawn as a tattoo design.
Musical note bird design sketch
Black and grey realism tattoo of a wolf's head on a forearm, with dark silhouettes of a bird and another animal set against clouds below.
Wolf head and silhouettes on a forearm
Watercolour style tattoo of birds flying out of an open birdcage, in pink, blue and purple washes with black linework, on the upper thigh.
Birds escaping a birdcage on a thigh
Black tribal-style phoenix with spread wings rising above stylised flames, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Phoenix rising through stylised flames
Ink drawing of a detailed owl with outstretched wings in dark brown linework and stippled shading on a pale parchment background, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Spread-wing owl design
Black and grey tattoo of three origami cranes and a shaded flying bird running down a woman's lower leg, shown against a white background.
Origami cranes and a flying bird on a leg
Black ornamental flash design of a bird with spread wings and a rose on its breast, with decorative linework and a ribbon-like tail at the base.
Winged bird with rose ornament
Fine line black tattoo of a dandelion releasing seeds that turn into birds, with script text, across a woman's upper back.
Dandelion and birds with script on upper back
Black ink tattoo of two small flying bird silhouettes above the script word Invictus on the inner wrist and forearm.
Two birds and Invictus script on a wrist
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
Traditional tattoo of a palm tree, red sunset clouds and small birds in an orange scalloped frame, with an orange flower and black leaves below, on a forearm.
Palm tree sunset and flower on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo on the upper arm showing Calvin and Hobbes beneath a tree, with the quote I suppose it will all make sense when we grow up.
Calvin and Hobbes quote on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull merged with a Roman numeral clock face and an eye, with a bare tree and birds, on an upper arm.
Skull, clock and eye on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a walking bear filled with pine trees and flying birds, shaded with dots and fine hatching on white paper.
Bear silhouette filled with pine forest
Solid black crow tattoo with stylised feather scales on the upper arm of a person wearing a white t-shirt.
Black crow on upper arm
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
Colourful watercolour-style hummingbird tattoo in pink, blue, purple and orange on the side of a person's ribs.
Watercolour hummingbird on the side of the ribs
Colourful geometric bird tattoo with watercolour splashes on the top of a foot, against a red background.
Geometric bird with watercolour splashes on a foot
Small black and grey fine line swallow tattoo in flight on the side of a neck, with a dangling teal earring nearby.
Swallow in flight on the neck
Black and grey tattoo of a dreamcatcher, two feathers and a flock of birds, with the word Dream in script, on the forearm.
Dreamcatcher and feathers with the word Dream
Traditional style tattoo sleeve on a person's legs, with red roses, a swallow and daggers, lying on a wooden floor.
Traditional leg sleeve with roses and a swallow
Small black and grey owl tattoo with dotted shading on the side of a finger, shown on a hand resting on a light blue fabric.
Owl tattoo on a finger
Fine line black script reading free with a small flying bird beside it, tattooed on the upper back below a grey top strap.
Script word free with a small bird
Back of a person with a scattered flock of small black bird silhouettes tattooed across the upper back and shoulder blade area.
Flock of birds across the upper back