Bird emoji 🐦
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+1F426
What 🐦 means
The keywords Unicode lists for 🐦 are animal, ornithology. They show what people use it for.
Search for animal or ornithology on your emoji keyboard and 🐦 is among the results.
You will find 🐦 among the birds (22 emoji), part of animals & nature with 161 emoji in all. Its neighbours include 🐧 🕊️ 🦅 🦆.
Will 🐦 show on my friend's phone?
One of the first emoji ever: 🐦 is part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, the set that started on Japanese phones. It shows everywhere.
How to type 🐦
Search for bird in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🐦.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type bird.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type bird in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type bird.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, 🐦 is one code point (U+1F426), 4 bytes in UTF-8 and 2 UTF-16 units, which is what a JavaScript length check counts.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F426 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🐦 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🐦 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F426"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F426} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%90%A6 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 90 A6 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 🐦 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
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What does the bird emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🐦 "bird" and links it with animal, ornithology. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the birds subgroup of animals & nature.
When was the bird emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, so it works on any phone.
How do I type the bird emoji?
Search for bird in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🐦.