Bird tattoo ideas

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Red-capped profile with crows 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

Colour traditional-style tattoo of a perched falcon on the upper arm of a man in a grey sleeveless top, with blue-grey wings and orange back feathers.

Falcon perched on a branch on an upper arm

Traditional tattoo on the upper arm showing a red sun over mountains, a lake, pine trees, a small cottage and red flowers, with dotwork shading.

Mountain lake scene with red sun on upper arm

Black and grey dotwork owl tattoo with detailed feathers covering the upper arm and shoulder of a person wearing a grey vest top.

Owl tattoo on upper arm

Colour tattoo of a peacock with feather eyes in a traditional style, covering the upper arm.

Peacock and feathers on an upper arm

A grey tabby kitten rests on an arm with a traditional-style snake and flower tattoo on the forearm and a LUCK banner tattoo on the upper arm.

Kitten resting on a tattooed forearm

Traditional colour peacock tattoo across a woman's back, with part of another tattoo visible on her upper arm.

Peacock tattoo across a woman's back

Traditional style colour tattoo of a grey bird perched on a branch with yellow flowers and green leaves, on the upper arm.

Bird and yellow flowers on an upper arm

Colour tattoo of a swallow in flight on the inner upper arm, with a red throat and shaded grey and brown wings.

Swallow in flight on upper arm

Colour tattoo of a phoenix with spread wings rising from flames across the upper arm and shoulder, in a traditional style with bold black outlines.

Phoenix rising from flames on upper arm

Profile face and swallow in a dotted circle

Colour tattoo of a chickadee perched on a branch with pink blossoms, shown on the upper arm in a traditional style.

Chickadee on a blossom branch on the upper arm

Colour traditional-style tattoo of a red cardinal perched on a branch with pink blossoms and a beaded chain, placed on the upper arm and shoulder.

Cardinal and blossom on upper arm

Full colour sleeve tattoo in a Japanese and traditional style on a raised arm, showing a rose, clouds, a wave and a script banner on the forearm and upper arm.

Colour sleeve with clouds and script banner

Close photo of a traditional style blue swallow tattoo with black and yellow wings and a pink bow, on the upper arm.

Traditional swallow with pink bow on upper arm

Traditional style tattoo of a black raven with red roses and a beaded arc on the upper arm and shoulder of a person in a black top.

Traditional raven and red roses on upper arm

Man with crossed arms in a navy T-shirt showing a black and grey traditional-style sleeve, with a bird on the forearm and a rose on the lower arm.

Crossed arms with bird and rose tattoos

Traditional colour tattoo of a log cabin with a red moon, wolf, pine trees and orange flower on the upper arm.

Log cabin, wolf and red moon on upper arm

Traditional style swallow tattoo with red flowers on the upper arm, shown in black, grey, blue and red ink.

Swallow and red flowers on an upper arm

Woman in a peach sleeveless blouse with a lace collar, showing colour tattoos of roses and a bird on her upper arms and forearms.

Colour roses and bird tattoos on both arms

Black and grey traditional-style tattoos covering a person's arms, with a ginger cat cradled against the right forearm and a small tattoo visible on the upper chest.

Black and grey tattoo sleeve with a ginger cat

Traditional style tattoo of a black and grey knight helmet with red and orange feather plumes on the upper arm, with part of another coloured tattoo visible at the top left.

Knight helmet with red plumes on upper arm

Black and grey traditional tattoo of a bird-headed figure in a suit holding a sword, inside an oval frame with scrollwork, on an upper arm.

Bird-headed figure with sword in oval frame

Collage of four tattoos: a traditional hot air balloon with roses on the upper back, a colourful traditional anchor with rope and hearts on the upper arm, a black and grey anchor with a compass and

Four nautical and balloon tattoos collage

Traditional-style tattoo of a blue-black raven head above a red banner reading the hardest thing in this world is to live in it, on the upper arm.

Raven and quote banner on an arm

Black and grey traditional tattoo of a cat with a small dark bird in its claws, placed on the upper arm.

Black cat clutching a bird on an arm

Neo-traditional full sleeve with owl and roses

Black and grey traditional tattoo of a stylised bird with folded wings and a banner reading PRETTY BIRD, on the upper arm.

Pretty Bird banner tattoo on upper arm

Two photos of a colourful traditional-style sleeve on an arm, with a black steam locomotive with red details on the upper arm and a cartoon-style face and other scenes on the forearm.

Steam locomotive arm sleeve

Black and grey owl tattoo perched on a bare branch beneath a full moon, shown across the upper arm and shoulder in three photographs.

Owl and full moon on an upper arm

Black and grey upper arm tattoo of two birds and roses with white linework on a dark shaded background, with script above.

Birds and roses on upper arm

Black and grey full arm sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and forearm, showing a sailing ship among clouds and peony flowers in a Japanese style.

Black and grey clouds and ship sleeve on an arm

Black and grey tattoo of two swallows above the Roman numerals XVIII IX MMX on the upper arm, with a script tattoo partly visible at the top right.

Two swallows and Roman numerals on upper arm

Colourful traditional butterfly tattoo on an upper arm, with a lighthouse, sunset, sailing ship and flowers in its wings.

Traditional butterfly with lighthouse and ship

Traditional style colour tattoo of a peacock with a crescent moon and clouds on the upper arm, with part of a red rose visible at the edge.

Traditional peacock on an upper arm

Black dotwork and linework tattoo of a sailing ship on waves inside a circle with clouds and birds, on the upper arm.

Sailing ship in a dotwork circle

Both forearms with colourful traditional tattoos of yellow and blue roses, swallows, stars and Chinese characters, with palms held open toward the camera.

Traditional rose and swallow sleeve on both arms

Traditional style swallow with red roses and green leaves tattooed on an upper arm, shown in two side-by-side photos.

Swallow and roses on an upper arm

A woman with a grey-blonde bun and both forearms covered in traditional tattoo sleeves, including a bird and a mandala, with her hands raised over her face.

Traditional tattoo sleeves with hands over face

Colour tattoo of an open birdcage with pink and blue flowers on the upper arm and shoulder, with a small swallow in flight above it.

Birdcage and flowers on an upper arm