Parrot emoji 🦜
Emoji 11.0 (2018) · U+1F99C
What 🦜 means
The keywords Unicode lists for 🦜 are animal, bird, ornithology, pirate, talk. They show what people use it for.
Search for animal or bird 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?
Emoji 11.0 brought 🦜 in 2018. Most phones show it now; only devices that have not been updated for years miss it.
How to type 🦜
Search for parrot in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🦜.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type parrot.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type parrot in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type parrot.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, 🦜 is one code point (U+1F99C), 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+1F99C | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🦜 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🦜 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F99C"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F99C} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%A6%9C | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A6 9C |
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 parrot emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🦜 "parrot" and links it with animal, bird, ornithology, pirate. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the birds subgroup of animals & nature.
When was the parrot emoji added?
In Emoji 11.0, released in 2018. Phones updated since about 2019 show it.
How do I type the parrot emoji?
Search for parrot in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🦜.