Bird Emoji
Animals
A side-profile illustration of a small blue bird, typically depicted with a light-colored chest, a yellow beak, and an orange wing. It resembles common garden songbirds like a sparrow or a bluebird.
Usage Context
Used to talk about nature, flight, or the arrival of spring. Because of the common association with the social media platform Twitter, it is frequently used to reference posting updates, sharing thoughts, or linking to a specific social media account. It is often paired with the 🐣 or 🕊️ emojis when discussing wildlife or themes of freedom.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2010, the bird emoji was popularized as part of the initial wave of animal icons designed to make mobile messaging more expressive. Its design evolved from early, simplified pixel art icons found on Japanese flip phones into the more detailed, colorful graphic seen on modern touch-screen devices today.
Details
Glyph
🐦
Unicode
U+1F426
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f426:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category Animals
Subcategory animal-bird
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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