Emoji Chart
🐦U+1F426

Bird emoji

Perched in profile, this small songbird is the general bird emoji. People use it for birds, birdsong, spring and nature, and as a nod to Twitter and tweeting.

Unicode name
bird
Category
Animals & nature, Birds
Added
Emoji 0.6 in 2010
Code points
U+1F426
Shortcode
:bird:
Keywords
animal, bird, ornithology

How it looks

🐦
Your device
Bird emoji in Noto Color Emoji
Noto Color Emoji
Bird emoji in Twemoji
Twemoji
Bird emoji in OpenMoji
OpenMoji

Emoji that include 🐦

How to type 🐦

iPhone and iPad
Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “bird”.
Android
In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “bird”.
Mac
Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “bird”.
Windows
Press Windows + . (period) and type “bird”.
GitHub
Type :bird: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolpájaroave, pajarillo, pájaro
Françaisoiseauanimal, oiseau, ornithologie
DeutschVogelPapagei, Taube, Tier, Vogel, Vogelkopf
Italianouccelloanimale, ornitologia, passerotto, uccellino
Portuguêspássaroanimal, pássaro
Nederlandsvogeldier, duif, vogel
Svenskafågeldjur, fågel, fågelansikte
Polskiptakornitologia, ptak, zwierzę
Türkçekuşhayvan, kuş
Русскийптицаголова, голубь, птица
Українськаптахптах, пташка
Ελληνικάπουλίζώο, ορνιθολογία, πουλί, πτηνό
العربيةطائرحيوان, طائر, طير, عصفور, منقار, وجه
עבריתציפוראפרוח, בעל חיים, גוזל, ציפור
فارسیپرندهپرنده
हिन्दीचिड़ियाचिड़िया, पशु
বাংলাপাখিপশুপাখি, পাখি
Bahasa Indonesiaburungbinatang, burung, hewan, ornitologi
Tiếng Việtchimchim, động vật
ไทยนกนก, สัตว์
日本語鳥動物, 顔, 鳥
한국어새동물, 새, 조류, 조류학
中文(简体)鸟动物, 鸟, 鸟类学
中文(繁體)鳥動物, 鳥, 鳥類學
Names in 98 more languages
Afrikaansvoël
Akananomaa
Albanianzog
Amharicወፍ
Aniigasapɩ́
Armenianթռչուն
Assameseচৰাই
Azerbaijaniquş
Bashkirҡош
Basquetxoria
Belarusianптушка
Bosnianptica
Bretonevn
Bulgarianптица
Burmeseငှက်
Cantonese雀仔
Catalanocell
CherokeeᏥᏍᏆ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)雀仔
Chuvashкайӑк
Croatianptica
Czechpták
Danishfugl
Estonianlind
Faroesefuglaandlit
Filipinoibon
Finnishlintu
Fula (Adlam)𞤧𞤮𞤤𞤲𞤣𞤵
Galicianpaxaro
Georgianჩიტი
Gujaratiપક્ષી
Hausatsuntsu
Hungarianmadár
Icelandicfugl
Igbonnụnụ
Irishéan
Javanesemanuk
Kalaallisutfugl
Kannadaಹಕ್ಕಿ
Kazakhқұс
Kazakh (Arabic)قۇس
Khmerបក្សី
Kinyarwandainyoni
Konkaniसुकणें
Kyrgyzчымчык
KʼicheʼTz’ikin
Laoນົກ
Latvianputns
Lithuanianpaukštis
Lower Sorbianptašk
LuxembourgishVugel
Macedonianптица
Malayburung
Malayalamപക്ഷി
Maltesegħasfur
Marathiपक्षी
Mongolianшувуу
Māorimanu
Nepaliपंक्षी
Nigerian PidginBẹd
Northern Sothononyana
Norwegianfugl
Odiaପକ୍ଷୀ
Oromosimbirroo
Pashtoمرغه
Punjabiਪੰਛੀ
Punjabi (Arabic)پنچھی
Quechuap’isqu
Romanianpasăre
Romanshutschè
Sardinianpugione
Scottish Gaeliceun
Serbianптица
Serbian (Latin)ptica
Shanၼူၵ်ႉ
Sindhiپکي
Sinhalaකුරුල්ලා
Slovakvták
Slovenianptica
Somalishimbir
Swahilindege
Tajikпарранда
Tamilபறவை
Teluguపక్షి
Tigrinyaዑፍ
Tonganmanupuna
Tswananonyane
Turkmenguş
Upper Sorbianptačk
Urduپرنده
Uyghurقۇش
Uzbekqush
Welshaderyn
Wolofpicc
Xhosaintaka
YorubaẸyẹ
Yoruba (Benin)Ɛyɛ
Zuluinyoni

Codes

Code points
U+1F426
HTML
🐦
CSS
\1F426
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F426}
Python
\U0001F426
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 90 A6
UTF-16
D83D DC26
URL encoded
%F0%9F%90%A6

Questions

What does the 🐦 bird emoji mean?

Perched in profile, this small songbird is the general bird emoji. People use it for birds, birdsong, spring and nature, and as a nod to Twitter and tweeting.

How do I type the 🐦 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “bird”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :bird:.

When was the 🐦 emoji added?

🐦 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

What is the Unicode code point for 🐦?

U+1F426. In HTML you can write 🐦, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F426}.

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