# 🐦 Bird emoji

🐦 Bird is an emoji in the birds set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: animal and ornithology.

- Emoji: 🐦
- Unicode name: bird
- Code points: U+1F426
- Category: Animals & nature, Birds
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :bird:
- Keywords: animal, bird, ornithology
- Page: https://emojichart.com/bird-emoji

## What it means

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.

## Emoji that include 🐦

- 🐦‍⬛ [Black bird](https://emojichart.com/black-bird-emoji.md)
- 🐦‍🔥 [Phoenix](https://emojichart.com/phoenix-emoji.md)

## 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

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | pájaro | ave, pajarillo, pájaro |
| Français (fr) | oiseau | animal, oiseau, ornithologie |
| Deutsch (de) | Vogel | Papagei, Taube, Tier, Vogel, Vogelkopf |
| Italiano (it) | uccello | animale, ornitologia, passerotto, uccellino |
| Português (pt) | pássaro | animal, pássaro |
| Nederlands (nl) | vogel | dier, duif, vogel |
| Svenska (sv) | fågel | djur, fågel, fågelansikte |
| Polski (pl) | ptak | ornitologia, ptak, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | kuş | hayvan, kuş |
| Русский (ru) | птица | голова, голубь, птица |
| Українська (uk) | птах | птах, пташка |
| Ελληνικά (el) | πουλί | ζώο, ορνιθολογία, πουλί, πτηνό |
| العربية (ar) | طائر | حيوان, طائر, طير, عصفور, منقار, وجه |
| עברית (he) | ציפור | אפרוח, בעל חיים, גוזל, ציפור |
| فارسی (fa) | پرنده | پرنده |
| हिन्दी (hi) | चिड़िया | चिड़िया, पशु |
| বাংলা (bn) | পাখি | পশুপাখি, পাখি |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | burung | binatang, burung, hewan, ornitologi |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | chim | chim, động vật |
| ไทย (th) | นก | นก, สัตว์ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 鳥 | 動物, 顔, 鳥 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 새 | 동물, 새, 조류, 조류학 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 鸟 | 动物, 鸟, 鸟类学 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 鳥 | 動物, 鳥, 鳥類學 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): voël
- Akan (ak): anomaa
- Albanian (sq): zog
- Amharic (am): ወፍ
- Anii (blo): gasapɩ́
- Armenian (hy): թռչուն
- Assamese (as): চৰাই
- Azerbaijani (az): quş
- Bashkir (ba): ҡош
- Basque (eu): txoria
- Belarusian (be): птушка
- Bosnian (bs): ptica
- Breton (br): evn
- Bulgarian (bg): птица
- Burmese (my): ငှက်
- Cantonese (yue): 雀仔
- Catalan (ca): ocell
- Cherokee (chr): ᏥᏍᏆ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 雀仔
- Chuvash (cv): кайӑк
- Croatian (hr): ptica
- Czech (cs): pták
- Danish (da): fugl
- Estonian (et): lind
- Faroese (fo): fuglaandlit
- Filipino (fil): ibon
- Finnish (fi): lintu
- Fula (Adlam) (ff-Adlm): 𞤧𞤮𞤤𞤲𞤣𞤵
- Galician (gl): paxaro
- Georgian (ka): ჩიტი
- Gujarati (gu): પક્ષી
- Hausa (ha): tsuntsu
- Hungarian (hu): madár
- Icelandic (is): fugl
- Igbo (ig): nnụnụ
- Irish (ga): éan
- Javanese (jv): manuk
- Kalaallisut (kl): fugl
- Kannada (kn): ಹಕ್ಕಿ
- Kazakh (kk): құс
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قۇس
- Khmer (km): បក្សី
- Kinyarwanda (rw): inyoni
- Konkani (kok): सुकणें
- Kyrgyz (ky): чымчык
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Tz’ikin
- Lao (lo): ນົກ
- Latvian (lv): putns
- Lithuanian (lt): paukštis
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): ptašk
- Luxembourgish (lb): Vugel
- Macedonian (mk): птица
- Malay (ms): burung
- Malayalam (ml): പക്ഷി
- Maltese (mt): għasfur
- Marathi (mr): पक्षी
- Mongolian (mn): шувуу
- Māori (mi): manu
- Nepali (ne): पंक्षी
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Bẹd
- Northern Sotho (nso): nonyana
- Norwegian (no): fugl
- Odia (or): ପକ୍ଷୀ
- Oromo (om): simbirroo
- Pashto (ps): مرغه
- Punjabi (pa): ਪੰਛੀ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): پنچھی
- Quechua (qu): p’isqu
- Romanian (ro): pasăre
- Romansh (rm): utschè
- Sardinian (sc): pugione
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): eun
- Serbian (sr): птица
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): ptica
- Shan (shn): ၼူၵ်ႉ
- Sindhi (sd): پکي
- Sinhala (si): කුරුල්ලා
- Slovak (sk): vták
- Slovenian (sl): ptica
- Somali (so): shimbir
- Swahili (sw): ndege
- Tajik (tg): парранда
- Tamil (ta): பறவை
- Telugu (te): పక్షి
- Tigrinya (ti): ዑፍ
- Tongan (to): manupuna
- Tswana (tn): nonyane
- Turkmen (tk): guş
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): ptačk
- Urdu (ur): پرنده
- Uyghur (ug): قۇش
- Uzbek (uz): qush
- Welsh (cy): aderyn
- Wolof (wo): picc
- Xhosa (xh): intaka
- Yoruba (yo): Ẹyẹ
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɛyɛ
- Zulu (zu): inyoni

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| 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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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/bird-emoji