Bird tattoo ideas

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

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Two side-by-side photos of tattoos on the top of a foot: a small black and grey winged bird on the left, and a colour eye surrounded by teal feathers on the right.

Winged bird and feathered eye on feet

Close-up of a multicoloured stylised bird with spread wings, in pink, blue, green and yellow with a brown outline, on a woman's upper chest.

Stylised bird on the chest

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a constellation above mountains and pine trees, set inside a diamond frame on a forearm.

Mountain and constellation in a diamond frame

Large blue and black feathered bird with a lace-patterned body tattooed across the upper back.

Blue feathered bird on upper back

Black ink tattoo of three small bird silhouettes above the cursive French script tu me manques, placed on a shoulder.

Three birds and French script on a shoulder

Black ink tattoo of a crow perched on bare branches across the inner wrist, in a solid blackwork silhouette style.

Crow perched on branches on a wrist

Black and grey traditional style penguin tattoo with dotwork shading on a calf, with outlined stars partly visible beside it.

Penguin tattoo on a calf

Black and grey blackwork forearm tattoo of bare winter trees, a pine, birds, clouds and a moon, with a dotted fade at the wrist.

Forest, moon and birds on a forearm

Colour tattoo of a bird in flight with a black lace-patterned wing and red and black feathers, placed on the side of the ribs.

Red and black bird with lace wing on ribs

Black and grey fine line tattoo of a bird in flight on the upper chest, built from overlapping circles, triangles and dotted lines.

Geometric bird in flight on upper chest

Solid black tribal-style phoenix design with outstretched wings and flowing flame-like tail on a white background, shown as a stencil-style drawing without a body placement.

Black tribal phoenix design

Realistic blue peacock head inside a black and grey scrollwork frame with a red gem and hanging chains, tattooed on a limb.

Peacock portrait in an ornate frame

Black fine line tattoo of a mountain ridge with pine trees, a swallow and a compass with N and W arrows, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.

Mountain ridge, pines and swallow on shoulder blade

Black and grey drawing of a stylised phoenix with lace-like filigree wings and curling tail feathers on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.

Filigree phoenix design in black and grey

Flash sheet of six black line infinity symbol designs, several with lettering such as faith, Strength, LOVE and HOPE, drawn on a white background.

Infinity symbol tattoo flash designs

Raven and face with dagger on a forearm

Colour Japanese-style peacock tattoo running from the hip down the thigh and knee on a leg, with a blue and green tail and red-green eye feathers.

Peacock tattoo wrapping a leg

Black and grey fine line tattoo of a palm tree with birds, a half-set sun and wave lines, on the forearm.

Palm tree and sunset on a forearm

Black and grey realism tattoo of a perched songbird, blossom branch and pocket watch with chain on the outer thigh.

Bird, blossom and pocket watch on a thigh

Black and grey drawing of a hoopoe in flight, with dense ornamental patterns across its wings, body and crest, shown as a tattoo design.

Ornamental hoopoe bird in black linework

Black ink sketch of a barn owl in flight with spread wings, drawn in fine line and dotwork shading, while a hand holds a pencil beside it.

Barn owl in flight sketch

Fine line black tattoo of an infinity symbol with the word faith in script and a bird in flight on the wrist.

Infinity symbol with faith and bird on wrist

Three black hummingbird silhouettes with soft pink, purple and teal wing shading, tattooed on the inner upper arm.

Three hummingbirds in flight on upper arm

Black and grey tattoo of two swallows in flight with small stars and dots, sitting on the side of a torso.

Two swallows with stars on skin

Pencil and ink sketch of a raven head with dotwork shading, set within overlapping triangles and circles, drawn as a tattoo design on a sketchbook page.

Geometric raven head design sketch

Solid black abstract bird shape with a looping tail tattooed on the inner wrist, photographed close up.

Abstract bird and loop on wrist

Dark brown henna-style bird with swirling wing feathers and leafy scrollwork on a forearm.

Henna-style bird on a forearm

Black, grey and orange geometric tattoo of a wing across the shoulder and a bird with a small heart on the upper chest.

Geometric wing and bird on chest and shoulder

Fine line black tattoo of three flying birds above the word Warrior in script, on the inside of a wrist.

Three birds and Warrior on a wrist

Traditional style tattoos across a woman's back and upper arm, including a large butterfly, a red rose and a spider web.

Traditional back and arm sleeve

Two photographs of black tattoos on the upper back: a tree with roots on the left and a hatched swallow near the nape on the right.

Tree and swallow tattoos on the upper back

Black line drawing of a stylised swallow in flight with ornamental knotwork, scrollwork and mechanical-looking details, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.

Ornate swallow line drawing

Colour traditional tattoo on skin showing a red and white lighthouse inside a golden rope heart, with birds, sea, and a pink flower with green leaves below.

Lighthouse in a rope heart with pink flower

Black and grey fine line phoenix tattoo with spread wings and long trailing tail across a person's upper back, photographed from behind.

Phoenix on upper back

Tribal raven design

Black and grey realism tattoo of a hooded bird with a visible ribcage perched on a clock, on the back of a calf.

Hooded bird with ribcage on a clock on a calf

Colourful Japanese style tattoo on a lower leg showing a purple lion dog with green eyes, a red and blue phoenix, and cherry blossom.

Lion dog and phoenix on a lower leg

Black and grey fine line tattoo of the words you are beautiful, you are valuable, you are enough, with small birds, on a forearm.

Quote and birds on a forearm

Black line drawing of two birds kissing beneath a small heart, a flash-style tattoo design shown on plain white with no body placement.

Kissing birds beneath a heart

Black ink dotwork drawing of a walking bear whose body is filled with pine trees, with birds flying above, shown on white paper beside a gel pen.

Bear silhouette filled with a pine forest

Colourful owl tattoo on the forearm in a soft watercolour-style wash of purple, pink, yellow and orange with dark shaded edges.

Watercolour-style owl on a forearm

Black and grey forearm tattoo of a leafless tree in front of a full moon, with birds in the sky and dark posts above still water.

Leafless tree and full moon on a forearm

Black ink tattoo of two swallows above the words We Only Part To Meet Again in a typewriter-style font, on the side of the torso.

Two swallows above a quote on the side

Black and grey hummingbird tattoo with geometric linework on a forearm, shown beside a drawn version of the same design.

Geometric hummingbird on a forearm

Black ink flash design of a feather dissolving into small birds, with the words stay strong in fine script looping through an infinity symbol.

Feather, birds and infinity script reading stay strong

Black and grey fine line full sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a whale, mountains, a fox, ferns and foxglove, with a small teal octopus at the top of the shoulder.

Full arm sleeve with whale, fox and foliage

Four small solid black bird silhouettes in flight across the top of a bare foot, with a beaded anklet above them.

Four flying birds across a foot

Traditional style tattoo of a blue swallow with cream wing linings and a yellow beak, placed on the side of the lower abdomen near the navel.

Blue swallow on the lower abdomen