10 Best Beautiful Bird Urns for Keeping Your Loved One's Ashes Close
Updated January 27, 2023.
Bird urns have always been a touching and symbolic way to remember someone who's passed, and this can be especially true if the loved one was an avid bird lover. Urns with bird motifs invoke beautiful images of those who have passed to those left behind to grieve, which is why they make for a touching choice to hold the remains of your loved one.
With this in mind, we've narrowed down our best suggestions that we carefully chose through meticulous research.
Quick Look at Our Top 5 Bird Urns
- Best Bird Keepsake Urn Set: Wings of Love
- Best Love Bird Urn: Modern Love White
- Best Hummingbird Urn: Nature's Peace Hummingbird
- Best Blue Bird Urn: Peaceful Dove
- Best Birds in Flight Urn: Heavenly Peace Wings of Love
How We Choose
With so many bird urns out there, we've focused on certain key selection criteria to determine our top suggestions:
- Cost: Value for money based on size, materials, design, and detail.
- Material: Type and quality of the materials and the urn's finish.
- Durability: The quality of the urn and how well it will last.
- Customer Reviews: Overall ratings and reviews.
A Closer Look at Our Top 10
Symbolism most commonly associated with birds includes freedom and eternity. This makes bird detailed urns a fitting resting place for someone who passed on.
1. Best Bird Keepsake Urn Set
- Material: High-quality aluminum
- Capacity: 3 cubic inches
- Dimensions: 2.75″ x 1.75″
- Suitable for: Home, niche, columbarium, and burial
- Return policy: 90-day satisfaction guarantee
As the well-known saying goes—sharing is caring, and what more perfect way to show love and care for both the passed loved one and the remaining family members than with this beautiful set of keepsake urns that allows all family members to hold the deceased close to them at all times.
What Our Customers Say
"Wanted a simple yet elegant urn for my mom's ashes for myself and 3 family members. These were perfect. Very pleased with craftsmanship and quality."
2. Best Love Bird Urn
- Material: Sturdy aluminum alloy
- Capacity: For a person up to 200 lbs
- Dimensions: 10.5″ x 7″
- Suitable for: Home, niche, columbarium, and burial
- Return policy: 90-day satisfaction guarantee
This beautiful, crisp white urn with whimsical writing and bird outline shows the purity of the person within and the freedom of their spirit.
What Our Customers Say
"Very beautiful. Great detail and very study. It will look nice on the mantel. Love it!"
3. Best Hummingbird Urn
- Material: High-quality aluminum
- Capacity: For a person up to 200 lbs
- Dimensions: 10″ x 7″
- Suitable for: Home, niche, columbarium, and burial
- Return policy: 90-day satisfaction guarantee
As a hummingbird represents lightness and joy, this unique urn depicting a hummingbird symbolizes the unique beauty of nature and indicates a peaceful resting place for your deceased loved one.
What Our Customers Say
"If my mom was alive she would have loved this urn."
4. Best Blue Bird Urn
- Material: Sturdy aluminum alloy
- Capacity: For a person up to 200 lbs
- Dimensions: 9.2″ x 7″
- Suitable for: Home, niche, columbarium, and burial
- Return policy: 90-day satisfaction guarantee
Peace and harmony are encompassed in this dove cremation urn. With open palms releasing the dove, it symbolizes letting go and allowing peace to enter your heart and begin the healing process.
What Our Customers Say
"This urn is beautiful! The colors are brilliant and it is solid and sturdy! It is perfect! I highly recommend this urn!"
5. Best Birds in Flight Urn
Heavenly Peace Dark Blue Wings Of Love Large Cremation Urn
- Material: High-quality aluminum
- Capacity: For a person up to 200 lbs
- Dimensions: 9.5″ x 7″
- Suitable for: Home, niche, columbarium, and burial
- Return policy: 90-day satisfaction guarantee
The elegant marbled blue background contrasted with silver bird and leaf details make this urn a stunning piece to keep your loved one safe and secure in your home.
What Our Customers Say
"This Urn is truly a work of beauty. I am proud to display this urn."
6. Best Blue Bird Keepsake Urn
Modern Love Light Blue Small Keepsake Urn
- Material: Sturdy aluminum alloy
- Capacity: 2-3 ounces
- Dimensions: 2.75″ tall
- Suitable for: Home, niche, columbarium, and burial
- Return policy: 90-day satisfaction guarantee
As a form of loving remembrance, this small urn lets you share your loved ones' remains with a family member or friend.
What Our Customers Say
"Very nice little urn.... perfect for loved ones' cremains."
7. Best Cardinal Bird Urn
- Material: High-quality aluminum
- Capacity: For a person up to 200 lbs
- Dimensions: 9.3″ x 7″
- Suitable for: Home, niche, columbarium, and burial
- Return policy: 90-day satisfaction guarantee
With hand-painted crimson feathers on a glossy snow-white vase and perched on a branch, this little bird will evoke messages from your loved one who has passed—wherever they may be.
What Our Customers Say
"Great product, looks as beautiful as the picture if not more so."
8. Best Bird Cremation Urns for Sharing
- Material: Sturdy aluminum alloy
- Capacity: 3 cubic inches of cremains
- Dimensions: 2.75″ tall
- Suitable for: Home, niche, columbarium, and burial
- Return policy: 90-day satisfaction guarantee
This quaint and serene set of four dark blue keepsake urns helps you share the remains of a loved one so that all family members can remember the deceased and keep them close.
What Our Customers Say
"Just as described."
9. Best Light Blue Urn With Birds
- Material: High-quality brass
- Capacity: For a person up to 300 lbs
- Dimensions: 11″ x 7.5″
- Suitable for: Home, niche, columbarium, and burial
- Return policy: 90-day satisfaction guarantee
An extra large urn with delicate spiral engravings, this urn is a beautiful choice to keep your dearly deceased safe and secure in your home forever.
What Our Customers Say
"This urn is absolutely beautiful!"
10. Best Small Bird Urn
- Material: Aluminum
- Capacity: 2-3 ounces
- Dimensions: 2.75″ tall
- Suitable for: Home, niche, columbarium, and burial
- Return policy: 90-day satisfaction guarantee
A smaller version of the Peaceful Dove Urn, this heavenly keepsake urn will hold a small portion of remains to take everywhere with you or gift to someone as a form of remembering the beloved.
What Our Customers Say
"A most precious personal urn!"
Lay Your Loved One to Peaceful Rest With a Beautiful Bird Urn
Choosing an urn with a beautiful bird detail will evoke peace and acceptance, making these urns the perfect resting place. However, apart from the message the urn conveys, its practicality is of the utmost importance. Aluminum is the ideal material for urns, as it's lightweight in comparison to brass.
Once you've chosen the perfect urn, consider how you want to lay your loved one to rest. Although urns are often displayed at home, some decide to scatter their loved one's ashes in a meaningful spot, while others opt to store the urn in a columbarium or a designated room called a niche. Moreover, there's a growing interest in having the ashes buried in a tree pod to make them part of a new life, so you have plenty of choices at your disposal.
» Many more bird-detailed urns are available on our website
FAQ
What do birds signify when it comes to death?
Ancients believed that after death, the soul leaves the body in the form of a bird and that birds were messengers to the gods. Birds often appear on grave markers and cremation urns, as they symbolize the freedom of the spirit. In fact, a bird in flight can represent a soul that's now free from its body.
Does a red cardinal on an urn have spiritual significance?
It’s a popular notion that cardinals are often seen as messengers from our loved ones. Just their presence symbolizes a myriad of ideals, thoughts, and feelings. One of the obvious qualities of a cardinal is its red color, which symbolizes faith, power, importance, and vitality, reminding us that we're an important component in the circle of life. For Christians, red symbolizes the "blood of Christ," as well as the hope they received from His resurrection.
How long can you keep ashes in an urn?
Cremains can last in an urn for a very long time, as long as the urn has a strong seal on the lid to keep the ashes safe.
