Eagle Emoji
Animals
A detailed illustration of a bald eagle shown in profile, facing left, with its brown wings folded and its signature white head and yellow beak clearly visible.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to represent freedom, patriotism, or the United States, given the eagle's status as the country's national bird. It is also used in sports contexts to refer to teams like the Philadelphia Eagles or to describe a perfect score in golf. It is often seen alongside other patriotic icons like the flag: United States or other powerful birds like the hawk.
History
The eagle was added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of the Emoji 3.0 update. It was included to satisfy a high volume of user requests for more specific wildlife representations, particularly those with strong cultural or national significance.
Details
Glyph
🦅
Unicode
U+1F985
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f985:
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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