Parrot Emoji

Animals

A vibrant, full-body depiction of a parrot, typically shown with bright red, green, and yellow feathers. The bird is facing to the left, capturing the colorful appearance of a macaw.

Usage Context

Widely used to represent tropical environments, the act of repeating someone, or pirate-themed conversations. It is frequently paired with 🏴‍☠️ to signify a buccaneer’s companion or used in chat threads to mimic repetitive behavior, similar to the 🔁 symbol.

History

Added to the emoji library in 2018 as part of Unicode 11.0, the parrot was highly requested by users who wanted a more diverse representation of avian life beyond standard pet emojis like 🐦. It reflects the long-standing pop culture association between parrots and maritime folklore.

Details

Glyph

🦜

Unicode

U+1F99C

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f99c:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD9C;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Animals

Subcategory animal-bird

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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