Bird wallpapers

Birds are movement and stillness in one body. The pictures on this page include ducks on water, owls watching from a branch, parrots in saturated colour, eagles in flight, hummingbirds held in mid-air, cranes standing in shallows, and close studies of feathers.

Feather pictures are macro work, where barbs and colour gradients turn into abstract pattern. They are some of the most useful for desktops, since the texture is even and the colours gentle. Portraits show a bird looking at the camera, with a soft background; these work best as phone wallpapers, where a single subject fills a tall frame. Flight pictures have a lot of sky, and the empty space leaves room for icons.

Colour varies from the browns and greys of an owl to the electric greens, blues and reds of a parrot.

The styles also vary, with photographic, watercolour and woodblock treatments appearing here. The duck page collects the pictures that features ducks in particular, and the animal page has the wider group of creatures.

Nature and forest pages offer the habitats, and the watercolour and Japanese pages show the painted traditions of bird art.

97 bird wallpapers (30 for desktop, 25 for phones, 42 square), all free to download in 4K as PNG or JPEG.

From the themes Watercolour ducks, Flat graphic ducks, Japanese woodblock ducks, Sea eagle on the shore, Art nouveau owl, Rainbow-feathered parrot, Ducks on a misty lake, Renaissance technical drawing.