Bird tattoo ideas

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Woman seen from behind with a grey and teal bird and pink flowers with green leaves tattooed on her upper back, in a gold sequin dress.
Bird and flowers on upper back
Colour traditional tattoo of a pink flamingo with yellow flowers, teal leaves and red roses on the forearm, shown in three side-by-side views.
Flamingo and roses on a forearm
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of a butterfly, a swallow and roses across the side of the torso and hip.
Butterfly, swallow and roses on the side torso
Colour tattoo of an orange mockingjay bird with an arrow inside a black circle with an orange ring, with a banner reading May the odds be ever in your favor, on a person's upper back.
Mockingjay badge on upper back
Back view of a person with two blue traditional swallow tattoos, one on each side of the upper back near the shoulder blades.
Two traditional swallows on upper back
Black and grey full arm sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and forearm, showing a sailing ship among clouds and peony flowers in a Japanese style.
Black and grey clouds and ship sleeve on an arm
Black and grey tattoo of two swallows above the Roman numerals XVIII IX MMX on the upper arm, with a script tattoo partly visible at the top right.
Two swallows and Roman numerals on upper arm
Black and white photo of a man in a suit and polka dot tie, with a traditional swallow and leaf tattoo on his neck.
Swallow tattoo on the neck
Close view of a black-ink traditional-style swallow and rose tattoo on the back of a man's hand and wrist, with his arm crossed over a tweed jacket.
Swallow and rose on a hand
Small blue swallow tattoo in flight with a black outline and blue shading on skin, in a traditional style.
Small blue swallow in flight
Traditional black and grey tattoo of a mermaid holding a shell beside a moon, placed on the outer thigh.
Mermaid with shell on a thigh
Colourful traditional butterfly tattoo on an upper arm, with a lighthouse, sunset, sailing ship and flowers in its wings.
Traditional butterfly with lighthouse and ship
Traditional flash drawing of a three-masted sailing ship with grey sails and a red pennant, set in a rope oval with grey clouds, a red sun and blue waves.
Sailing ship in a rope frame with setting sun
Traditional style colour tattoo of a peacock with a crescent moon and clouds on the upper arm, with part of a red rose visible at the edge.
Traditional peacock on an upper arm
Black dotwork and linework tattoo of a sailing ship on waves inside a circle with clouds and birds, on the upper arm.
Sailing ship in a dotwork circle
Pencil and ink flash drawing of a small perched bird on a faceted diamond, framed by flowers, leaves and scrolling ornament.
Wren on a diamond with flowers and scrollwork
Traditional style tattoo of a flowering cactus, a sombrero and a red and orange sunset inside a circle, on a forearm.
Cactus and sombrero sunset on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a small brown bird perched on a red branch with pink flowers, green leaves and a paintbrush, on a calf.
Bird, flowers and paintbrush on a leg
Black traditional-style swallow flying over waves and a sun, printed as a graphic on a grey vest top against a teal wooden background.
Traditional swallow over waves design
Two thigh tattoos in a traditional style: a coloured Snow White in an ornate frame on the left leg, and a black line drawing of Alice in a matching frame on the right leg.
Snow White and Alice thigh tattoos
Neo-traditional flash of a blonde cartoon woman with a tattooed arm, two bluebirds, roses and a banner reading Once Upon a Dream.
Blonde princess with roses and banner
Blue flash design of a swallow in flight, with white swirling filigree cut into its wings and body, in a Traditional style.
Swallow silhouette with swirl cutouts
Colour tattoo of a flying owl with spread wings on the neck behind the ear, shaded in browns and tans with yellow eyes.
Flying owl tattoo behind the ear
Both forearms with colourful traditional tattoos of yellow and blue roses, swallows, stars and Chinese characters, with palms held open toward the camera.
Traditional rose and swallow sleeve on both arms
Traditional style swallow with red roses and green leaves tattooed on an upper arm, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Swallow and roses on an upper arm
Small dotted-outline ghost tattoo with grey shading and pink cheeks, set among traditional colour tattoos on a lower leg.
Dotted ghost on a calf
A woman with a grey-blonde bun and both forearms covered in traditional tattoo sleeves, including a bird and a mandala, with her hands raised over her face.
Traditional tattoo sleeves with hands over face
Black linework flash design of a traditional-style heart pierced by a dagger, with dripping drops, flowers and leaves around it.
Traditional dagger-pierced heart with flowers
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
Small grey swallow tattoo in flight on the upper chest near the collarbone, with outlined wings and soft shading.
Swallow tattoo near the collarbone
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
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
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 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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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 and grey tattoo of a bird with a banner and leaf shapes on a man's neck, above a white shirt and dotted tie.
Bird and banner tattoo on the neck
Two traditional style swallow tattoos in teal and red with black outlines, placed side by side on a forearm.
Matching swallow tattoos on forearms