Bird tattoo ideas

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

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Two women seen from behind, each with a fine line black feather tattoo on the upper back, with small birds flying off the feathers.
Matching feather and bird tattoos on backs
Black and grey realistic feather tattoo with small flying birds on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Feather and birds on upper back
Black traditional-style swallow design with a sunburst and wavy lines, printed on a grey t-shirt laid flat on a wooden background.
Traditional swallow with sunburst and waves on a grey
Four-panel photo of a hand with a fine line black swallow tattoo on the wrist and a tiny swallow on the side of one finger.
Fine line swallow tattoos on the hand
Two matching black outline swallow tattoos with swirling tendrils and leaves, one on each of two people's hips.
Matching swallow tattoos on two hips
Neo-traditional style phoenix tattoo in red, orange, yellow and teal on a person's calf, with swirling flame and cloud shapes behind the bird.
Colourful phoenix tattoo on the lower leg
Black silhouette tattoo of two birds perched on a thin branch with leaves, placed at the back of the neck below dark hair.
Two birds on a branch on the back of the neck
Black and grey ink drawing of an ornate owl perched on a branch, with dense patterned feathers and large round eyes, designed as a tattoo flash.
Ornate owl on a branch
Black and grey fine line drawing of a dandelion with seeds blowing away, two birds in flight, and script wrapping up the stem, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Dandelion seeds blowing away with birds
Black and grey geometric thunderbird tattoo with spread wings across the inner forearm.
Geometric thunderbird on the inner forearm
Colour tattoo of a green cartoon hummingbird with a long beak and pink patches on the upper back.
Green cartoon hummingbird on upper back
Black tattoo of flying birds and a dreamcatcher on the side of a person's neck, photographed from behind in sepia tones.
Birds and dreamcatcher on the neck
Black and grey infinity symbol tattoo with a shaded feather, the words life and love in script and birds scattering below, on a limb.
Infinity feather with life and love script
Small black line tattoo of an origami crane on the ankle, drawn in a fine line geometric style.
Origami crane on an ankle
Black tattoo of a flock of birds rising from the upper arm, with a dark treeline silhouette fading into the forearm, on a man in a white vest.
Flock of birds and treeline on an arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo on the inner forearm of a stack of books, with open books rising and turning into flying birds.
Books turning into birds on a forearm
Black ink infinity symbol on the lower back with the word family in script and small birds, a lettering tattoo placed on the back.
Infinity symbol with family script and birds
A painted canvas showing a teal and pink swallow in traditional style holding a banner that reads HOPE, resting on a wooden floor.
Bird with HOPE banner painted on canvas
Back of a person with a large black and grey neo-traditional hawk tattoo, wings spread across the back, with talons visible at the hip.
Black and grey hawk across a full back
Black tattoo of a film strip with a dark silhouette and ink drips on a leg, surrounded by other black linework tattoos of a ship, birds and high heeled legs.
Film strip with ink splash on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a swallow in flight with a touch of rust on its throat, on the upper arm.
Swallow in flight on the upper arm
Two matching black swallow tattoos with cursive script reading Follow your heart and Never look back, placed on the forearms of two people side by side.
Two swallows and script on forearms
Four-panel photo of a black and grey realism tattoo of doves, roses and leaves wrapping around a forearm.
Doves and roses on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a bird with outstretched wings in a geometric style, placed across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Geometric bird in flight on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of mountain peaks and a flock of birds on the side of an ankle, shown with a suede clog.
Mountain peaks and birds on ankle
Black and grey pencil drawing of a dragon and a phoenix facing each other in a heart-like curve, shaded in fine detail, shown as a tattoo design.
Dragon and phoenix facing design
Pencil drawing of a swallow in flight above a shaded rose, shown as a black and grey tattoo design on a grey background.
Swallow and rose design in graphite
Colour tattoo of a pink cherry blossom branch with a blue songbird on a woman's upper chest and shoulder.
Cherry blossom branch and bird on chest
Black and grey swallow tattoo on the neck behind an ear, shown in a traditional style with a plug earring in the lobe.
Swallow tattoo behind the ear
Solid black silhouette design of three birds in flight, arranged diagonally on a white background, suitable as a flash design.
Three birds in flight silhouette
Black and grey geometric illustration of two crows in flight, one rising upward and one diving, built from angular torn-paper style facets, shown on a plain white background.
Two flying crows in faceted black and grey
Black fine line script reading Walk by faith with three small birds in flight, tattooed across the top of a foot.
Walk by faith script with birds on foot
Two wrists with matching fine line script tattoos in blue and red, reading 'to' with an infinity symbol and 'and beyond' with small birds.
Matching 'to infinity' and 'and beyond' wrist script
Watercolour-style tattoo of two blue birds perched on dark branches across the upper arm and shoulder.
Two blue birds on a branch on the upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo on the upper arm showing a crowned crane with a fan-shaped crest, surrounded by ferns, poppies and wildflowers.
Crowned crane and botanicals on upper arm
Colour cartoon tattoo of a bird driving a supercharged dragster with blue flames, in a traditional style on the calf.
Cartoon bird in a dragster on a calf
Small dotwork tattoo of a bird in black ink on the back of a hand near the wrist.
Small dotted bird on the hand
A red-brown line tattoo of a stylised phoenix with a curled tail, sitting on the side of the ribs.
Stylised phoenix with swirl tail on ribs
Black and white photo of a small fine line bird silhouette above handwritten script reading remember me on the side ribs.
Small bird and remember me on ribs
Fine line black tattoo of three birds in flight above cursive script on the inner wrist and forearm.
Three birds and script quote on a wrist
Black line drawing of a peacock with eye-patterned tail feathers and sprigs of flowers on a white background.
Peacock line drawing with flowers
Colourful neo-traditional hot air balloon tattoo with pink, teal and yellow panels, small birds and a pink cloud, on the outer thigh.
Hot air balloon on a thigh
Fine line black tattoo of three bird silhouettes perched on a curling vine with leaves, placed on the side of the ribs.
Three birds on a vine on the ribs
A flash sheet of gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo designs, including a leaf, feathers, a dreamcatcher, stars, a moon, an arrow and a daisy, with no placement shown.
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo designs
Small black fine line bird silhouettes in a row across two fingers of a hand, with a coloured tattoo partly visible on a forearm at the right edge.
Row of small birds across two fingers
Black and grey rooster tattoo with stippled shading on the forearm, with other tattoos of foliage and holly visible around it.
Rooster tattoo on the forearm
Two black and grey forearm tattoos in a stippled style: a songbird on a branch with stars and a rose on the right arm, and a honeycomb-filled vessel with leaves on the left arm.
Bird and honeycomb forearm tattoos
Black and grey flash design of four swallows flying diagonally upwards on a white background, with the lower birds finely shaded and the upper two in solid silhouette.
Four swallows in flight