Bird tattoo ideas

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Full back tattoo in a Japanese style showing a large red and brown owl beside cherry blossom branches and a pale moon, with a green bird sleeve on the upper arm.
Owl, cherry blossom and moon back piece
Traditional tattoo of a grey-shaded sailing ship with red sunburst, waves and a Sail On banner, on the upper back.
Sailing ship with Sail On banner on upper back
Black and grey realistic raven tattoo with spread wings across the upper back and shoulder blade of a person seen from behind.
Realistic raven with spread wings on a back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a hummingbird flying out of an open birdcage on a woman's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Hummingbird leaving a birdcage on a back
Black and grey phoenix tattoo with spread wings and a long ornamental tail, placed centrally on a person's upper back.
Phoenix rising across a back
Realistic colour tattoo of a blue bird in flight beside pink magnolia blossoms on a branch, across a person's upper back.
Bird and magnolia branch across a back
Colourful phoenix tattoo in a neo-traditional style across the shoulder, upper arm and back, with flowing red, orange, yellow and blue feathers.
Phoenix tattoo across shoulder and upper arm
Black ink fine line tattoo of a hummingbird filled with swirling flourishes, placed on the upper back.
Swirl-filled hummingbird on upper back
Six-panel collage of black feather tattoos, some with birds and script, on the ribs, shoulder, back, ankle and neck.
Feather tattoos in six placements
Back of a person in a white bikini bottom showing a large Japanese style peacock and orange chrysanthemum tattoo across the lower back.
Peacock and chrysanthemum on lower back
Colour tattoo of a blue peacock with a long curling green tail and orange flowers on a person's upper back.
Peacock and orange flowers on a back
Colour tattoo of a cartoon peacock with large eyed feathers and an orange beak, in neo-traditional style, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Cartoon peacock on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a flock of birds flying diagonally across the upper back, from near the shoulder blade towards the spine.
Flock of birds across a upper back
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of Alice in a blue dress holding an umbrella, with pink and teal splashes, on the upper back.
Alice with umbrella on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a bird in flight above a tree on a person's upper back, with a thin red ribbon curling around the trunk and branches.
Bird and tree on upper back
Colour tattoo of two blue tits perched on a branch of yellow forsythia, across the shoulder and upper back of a person in a white top.
Blue tits and forsythia on a shoulder
Black and grey script lettering reading Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today, with a feather and a bird above it, across a man's upper back.
Script quote with feather across upper back
Colour tattoo of a phoenix in red, orange and yellow with black shading, spanning a person's lower back, with a small heart below it.
Phoenix across the lower back
Three people seen from behind, each with a matching black bare tree and birds tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Matching bare trees with birds on three backs
Black and grey tattoo of a windswept tree breaking into birds, with a script quote below it, across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Windswept tree and script quote on upper back
Two people shown from behind with full body Japanese-style tattoos, the left in black and grey with a dragon and bird, the right in colour with a warrior figure and peonies.
Full body Japanese tattoos seen from behind
Black ink tattoo of a bare tree with small red accents and a flock of birds flying across the upper back, in a botanical silhouette style.
Bare tree and birds on upper back
Phoenix tattoo on the upper back, with outlined wings filled in orange and yellow and a black swirling tail.
Phoenix tattoo on upper back
Colour tattoo of a red cardinal perched on a grey branch with green leaves, shaded in a soft realistic style on the lower back.
Red cardinal on a branch
Full back tattoo of a red and gold phoenix with flowing feathers and peacock eye details, in Japanese style, covering the back.
Full back phoenix tattoo in red and gold
Colour phoenix tattoo with flowing orange and red tail feathers, a small triangle and the words wit beyond measure, on a lower back in neo-traditional style.
Phoenix with script on the lower back
Owl perched on a blossom branch in grey shading with pink flowers, tattooed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Owl on blossom branch across upper back
Fine line black tattoo of a dandelion releasing seeds that become small flying birds, running from the shoulder blade up towards the neck.
Dandelion seeds turning into birds on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bare tree with perched birds across a person's back, shown in two photos.
Birds perched on a bare tree across the back
Black fine line tattoo of a standing heron on the upper back, near the left shoulder blade.
Heron tattoo on upper back
Black tribal-style hummingbird tattoo with a small red heart on the upper back.
Tribal hummingbird with a red heart on the back
Colour tattoo of an anchor with a rope and two pink hummingbirds over blue watercolour splashes, on a person's upper back.
Anchor and hummingbirds on a upper back
Colourful swirling tree tattoo with a black trunk and multicoloured flourishes across the upper back, with a small blue bird at the upper left.
Colourful swirl tree on upper back
Black ink tree with bare branches and small birds flying up towards the shoulder, with a line of small script beside the trunk, on a woman's upper back.
Bare tree and birds on a upper back
Black and grey realism phoenix tattoo with spread wings across a bare back, its long tail feathers with eye motifs trailing down towards the lower back.
Phoenix tattoo across the back
Small black silhouette tattoo of two birds in flight on the upper back of a woman with wavy hair, with gold beaded straps draped across her bare skin.
Two birds tattoo on upper back
Colour phoenix tattoo with black outlines and ornate patterned feathers spreading across a person's upper back, in orange, red and yellow.
Phoenix across the upper back
Black blackwork tattoo of a tree on a man's upper back, its left half solid foliage and its right half bare branches breaking into a flock of birds.
Tree dissolving into birds on upper back
Black and grey realistic raven with pink roses tattooed across a woman's upper back and shoulder.
Raven and roses across a back
Black ink tattoo across the upper back with the words books are proof humans can do magic, flying birds, a triangle with a circle and line, and a trident.
Quote, birds and symbols across upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a bird with spread wings above two cupped hands, inside a circle with geometric diamonds, on a person's upper back.
Bird and cupped hands on upper back
Two small black and grey feather tattoos sit on the upper back near the shoulder blade, one above the other, in a fine line style.
Two feathers on a shoulder blade
Black and grey Japanese style dragon and phoenix tattoo covering the full back, with the dragon coiling over the right shoulder and the phoenix spreading its wings on the left.
Dragon and phoenix across a back
Black and grey phoenix tattoo with spread wings and a long flowing tail across a bare back, in a Japanese-influenced style.
Phoenix tattoo across a woman's back
Pink cherry blossom tree with thin black branches and three black birds tattooed across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade, in a botanical style.
Cherry blossom tree and birds on upper back
Two women seen from behind show matching black fine line tattoos of a feather with birds flying off it, sited on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Matching feather and birds tattoos on backs
Fine line black tattoo of an open birdcage on the upper back, with a small flying swallow above the left shoulder blade.
Birdcage and swallow on a upper back
Fine line black infinity symbol with three small birds in flight and the word faith in script on the upper back.
Infinity symbol with birds and faith