Bird tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo of a stylised songbird with an orange breast and teal belly band, placed on the side of the hip and thigh.
Stylised songbird on the hip
Pencil sketch of a swallow in flight above two roses and a rosebud, drawn in blue and orange pencil on cream paper, as a design for a tattoo.
Swallow and roses tattoo sketch
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a teal bird resembling a peacock, with a red rose and green leaves, on an upper arm.
Peacock and rose on an upper arm
Two lower legs in a bath of foam, with a red rose and ornate black linework on the left leg and a colourful swallow on the right leg, in neo-trad style.
Rose and swallow leg tattoos in a bath
Colour tattoo of a phoenix with outstretched orange wings and a teal and blue flame above it, with a trailing purple, pink and yellow tail, on the side of a thigh.
Phoenix tattoo on the side of the thigh
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
Two pencil-and-ink tattoo designs on pale paper, one showing a small bird with a crescent moon and leaves, the other a bird among large flowers, in a botanical neo-traditional style.
Birds and flowers tattoo designs on paper
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
Red and black phoenix tattoo with spread wings and long trailing tail feathers on the side of a person's ribs.
Red phoenix on the ribs
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a grey and white owl with orange eyes perched on a brown birdhouse, with a teal circle behind it, on an upper arm.
Owl on a birdhouse on the upper arm
Colour tattoo of a black raven beside red poppies and green leaves on a person's upper thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Raven and red poppies on a thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing two red roses around an ornate grey oval frame holding a graveyard scene under a teal sky.
Roses and graveyard in an ornate frame on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a limb showing an orange butterfly, leaves, a geometric flower and a bird's head, with black outlines and dot shading.
Neo-traditional butterfly and bird on a limb
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
Neo-trad style colour tattoo of a purple and pink swallow with swirling wings and a green eye on the upper arm.
Purple and pink swallow with swirl wings
Colour phoenix tattoo in red, orange and yellow with black outlines, flying across a shoulder and upper arm.
Phoenix on a shoulder
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
Colour tattoo of an owl wearing round glasses above crossed bones, in neo-traditional style, on the inner lower arm.
Owl wearing glasses on a lower arm
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
Colour tattoo of a stag with large antlers, a bird and a red rose on a lower leg, in a neo-traditional style.
Stag and rose on a lower leg
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on a thigh showing a hawk's head merging with a woman's profile, surrounded by orange chrysanthemums and red feather swirls.
Hawk-headed woman and chrysanthemums on thigh
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
Neo-traditional tattoo of a yellow bird flying out of an open birdcage, with a ribbon and the words Still Rise on a banner, on the calf.
Yellow bird leaving an open birdcage
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a pocket watch with a bird in its face, yellow roses and leaves, and a red winged emblem, on a limb.
Pocket watch, bird and roses on an arm
Neo-traditional owl tattoo with spread grey wings and red eyes, holding a red faceted gem, on a person's chest.
Owl with spread wings on the chest
Black and grey tattoos of ornate mirror frames on an upper arm and a thigh, one framing a seated woman and one framing a skull with roses.
Ornate frame tattoos in black and grey
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of two bluebirds, one leaving an open birdcage, framed by pink cherry blossom on a forearm.
Bluebirds and cherry blossom on a forearm
Colourful peacock tattoo with feather eyes covering the upper arm, in a neo-traditional style.
Peacock sleeve on upper arm
Colour tattoo of an anatomical heart with a world map globe base and a leafy sprig on top, placed on a calf.
Anatomical heart on a globe with leaves
Neo-traditional thigh tattoo of an ornate black frame holding handwritten script, with swallows and red roses below.
Script frame with birds and roses on a thigh
Colour tattoo of mountains, a lake and pine trees inside a diamond frame with a red and orange sunset, on the forearm.
Mountain lake sunset in a diamond frame
Colour swallow tattoo with a red throat and blue-black wings, set inside a thin black circle on a person's upper back.
Swallow in a circle on a upper back
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a grey pigeon with dandelion and cow parsley flowers and leaves on the inner forearm, with a small red word tattoo above it.
Pigeon and wildflowers on a forearm
Colourful stylised drawing of a songbird with blue swirl patterns on its head and a patterned, feathered tail, on a white background.
Stylised bird illustration
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of two songbirds, a red birdhouse and pink blossom wrapping around an upper arm.
Birds and a red birdhouse with blossom on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a perched kestrel with pink peonies and peach poppies on a person's upper back and shoulder, in a neo-traditional botanical style.
Kestrel and peonies across a shoulder blade
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cuckoo clock with a deer head, maple leaves and birds, covering the upper arm.
Cuckoo clock with deer and maple leaves on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cartoon owl with orange eyes on a branch with pink cherry blossoms, across a shoulder and upper back.
Cartoon owl and cherry blossom on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of a blue and orange bluebird perched beneath an ornate orange key on a red circle, in a neo-traditional style.
Bluebird and ornate key tattoo
Pen drawing of a tattoo design showing a songbird perched on an ornate birdcage beside a shaded purple rose, with leaves and dotted chain detail.
Bird, birdcage and rose design
Colour tattoo of Snow White with closed eyes and a red bow, framed by a rabbit, bird and other woodland animals and yellow swirls, on a limb.
Snow White portrait with woodland animals
Side-by-side photos of a forearm: on the left a faded grey bird with script lettering, on the right a colour peony with green leaves in a bold neo-traditional style.
Faded bird beside a red peony on a forearm
Pencil drawing of a woman with birds in her flowing hair, stitched lips and shaded eyes, offered as a neo-traditional tattoo design.
Woman with birds in flowing hair
Forearm tattoo of an engraved-style bird perched on a wireframe icosahedron, with teal and red accents.
Bird perched on a geometric icosahedron on a forearm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a falcon perched on a red rose branch in front of a red sun, on the outer thigh.
Falcon on a rose branch on thigh
Two calf tattoos in black ink with blue accents, a hanging birdcage on the left and two swallows perched on a branch on the right.
Birdcage and swallows on calves
Colour tattoo of a brown tree with rainbow heart-shaped leaves and four swallows in flight, in a neo-traditional style, on the back.
Rainbow heart tree with swallows
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of an owl with pink flower eyes, purple and teal scale feathers and orange accents on a thigh.
Colourful owl tattoo on a thigh