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
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
Black and grey realistic raven tattoo perched on a branch across the upper arm.
Raven perched on a branch on an upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a swallow in flight beside red rosebuds and gold leaves on the upper arm.
Swallow and rosebuds on upper arm
Black and grey tree tattoo across the upper arm and shoulder, with birds, a faint musical staff, a small red berry and roots reaching down the arm.
Tree with birds and roots on upper arm
Black linework tattoo of birds rising from an open book in an engraved style with stippled shading, on the upper arm.
Birds rising from an open book
Pink cartoon owl tattoo with large blue eyes and grey shading on the upper arm, with a floral top visible beside it.
Pink cartoon owl on an upper arm
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 photos of a colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a sketch-style bird perched on a branch with leaves, one bird with an orange breast and one wearing a yellow crown.
Sketchy bird on a branch, upper arm
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 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
Two pink flamingos with necks curved to form a heart, in a soft red-pink colour on the upper arm.
Two pink flamingos on an upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of two roses, a Roman numeral pocket watch and swallows with scrollwork across an upper arm, shown in three side-by-side views.
Roses, pocket watch and swallows on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a blue and red swallow above a gold compass rose, framed by red flowers and green leaves on the upper arm.
Swallow and compass on an upper arm
Small black fine line tattoo of a feather breaking up into flying birds on the inner upper arm, shown against a pale background.
Feather dissolving into birds on upper arm
Colour Japanese-style phoenix tattoo with clouds and foliage covering a man's shoulder and upper arm, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Phoenix tattoo across shoulder and upper arm
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 botanical tattoo on an upper arm showing a blossom branch with a bird in flight, above two bands of lace-like pattern.
Blossom branch, bird and lace bands on upper arm
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
Black and grey illustrative tattoo of birds and leafy foliage wrapping the upper arm.
Birds and foliage on an upper arm
Colourful traditional tattoos of pin-up women, cartoon characters and stars cover a man's forearms, upper arms and chest.
Traditional cartoon and pin-up sleeves on arms
Two tattooed people in a Japanese style: a woman with a grey oni mask on her stomach and a man with a full colour sleeve and an oni mask on his chest.
Two people with Japanese style tattoo sleeves and torsos
Realism tattoo of two ravens perched on branches with small red berries, wrapping around the upper arm and shoulder.
Ravens and red berries on an upper arm
Black fine line tattoo of a bird's neck rising from water with reeds and ripples, placed on the upper arm.
Bird neck rising from water on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a songbird in flight with outstretched wings, placed on the upper arm.
Songbird in flight on upper arm
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo of a haunted house, bats, a full moon and skeletal figures across the shoulder and arm, shown from three angles.
Haunted house and graveyard full sleeve
Colour traditional tattoo of a mermaid holding a rope, with waves, clouds, birds and a flower, on an upper arm.
Traditional mermaid with rope on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a face merged with a city skyline, barbed wire and birds, with bold lettering below on the forearm.
City skyline and face double exposure on upper arm
Watercolour-style tattoo on the upper arm showing a teal and pink heart inside a pink and teal circle, with a dandelion, two small birds and the script words The struggle is part of the journey.
Heart, dandelion and quote on upper arm
Woman in a brown hat on a rocky shore, with a red and yellow bird tattoo on her thigh and a fine-line scroll tattoo on her upper arm.
Bird on thigh and scroll on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of mountains, mist and pine trees inside a diamond frame on the upper arm, with two small birds in the sky.
Mountains and pine forest in a diamond on upper arm
Black and grey botanical sleeve tattoo with roses and a bird across the upper arm and forearm of a person seated on a vintage pickup tailgate.
Floral sleeve with a bird on the arm
Colour tattoo of a robin perched on a branch of pink cherry blossom across the upper arm and shoulder.
Robin and cherry blossom on an upper arm
Torso and both arms covered in a Japanese style tattoo of an eagle, cherry blossoms, clouds and koi in black, grey, pink and yellow ink.
Full body Japanese tattoo with eagle and cherry blossoms
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
Geometric watercolour tattoo of two origami-style birds in blue, teal and pink with black outlines, on the upper arm.
Origami birds on upper arm
Tattoo of a Heinz Tomato Ketchup bottle with a red tomato on an upper arm, with handwritten lettering and a small orange bird beneath it.
Heinz ketchup bottle and lettering on upper arm
Colourful peacock tattoo with feather eyes covering the upper arm, in a neo-traditional style.
Peacock sleeve on upper arm
Calvin and Hobbes tattoo on an upper arm, with the boy and tiger lying in grass beside a dark tree and the words I suppose it will all make sense when we grow up.
Calvin and Hobbes quote on upper arm
Black ink ornamental tattoo of a peacock with paisley scrollwork across the shoulder and upper arm.
Paisley peacock design on a shoulder
Collage of small black fine line tattoos: two triangles on the wrists, a deer head on the back of the neck, a tiny mark on a finger, and a palm tree on the upper arm.
Small fine line tattoos: triangles, deer and palm tree
Traditional style tattoo on an upper arm showing a red-capped profile of a person with a cigarette, with black crows flying beside the head.
Red-capped profile with crows on upper arm
Realistic black and grey owl tattoo with orange eyes, shown on an upper arm in a Realism style.
Realistic owl tattoo on an arm
Collage of six colourful watercolour-style tattoos, including a wolf head, a splashed bird across a woman's upper back and shoulder, an elephant on an upper arm, and an orange sun on a man's arm.
Watercolour wolf, bird, elephant and sun tattoos
Black silhouette of a bare tree with fine branches and three flying birds tattooed across a woman's shoulder and upper arm.
Bare tree and birds on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a roaring bear with a smaller bird head beneath it on the upper arm.
Roaring bear with bird on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a black raven with red ribbons and a banner reading CONSIDER THE RAVEN, on the upper arm.
Raven with Consider the Raven banner