# 🐦‍⬛ Black bird emoji

🐦‍⬛ Black bird is an emoji in the birds set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 15.0 in 2022. Related words: animal, beak, caw, corvid, crow and ornithology.

- Emoji: 🐦‍⬛
- Unicode name: black bird
- Code points: U+1F426 U+200D U+2B1B
- Category: Animals & nature, Birds
- Added: Emoji 15.0 (2022)
- GitHub shortcode: :black_bird:
- Keywords: animal, beak, bird, black, caw, corvid, crow, ornithology, raven, rook
- Page: https://emojichart.com/black-bird-emoji

## What it means

Dark feathers cover this bird, which looks like a crow, raven or rook. It is used for crows and ravens, dark or spooky themes, Halloween, and the sound of cawing, as well as moody or mysterious imagery.

## What it's made of

🐦‍⬛ is 3 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🐦 [Bird](https://emojichart.com/bird-emoji.md) (U+1F426)
2. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
3. ⬛ [Black large square](https://emojichart.com/black-large-square-emoji.md) (U+2B1B)

## How to type 🐦‍⬛

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | pájaro negro | cuervo, grajo, mirlo, negro, pájaro |
| Français (fr) | oiseau noir | animal, bec, corbeau, corneille, corvidé, croasser, merle, noir, oiseau |
| Deutsch (de) | schwarzer Vogel | Amsel, krächzen, Krähe, Rabe, Schnabel, schwarz, schwarzer Vogel, Tier, Vogel |
| Italiano (it) | merlo | animale, cornacchia, corvo, merlo, nero, uccello |
| Português (pt) | pássaro preto | animal, ave, bico, corvo, gralha, passarinho, pássaro, preto |
| Nederlands (nl) | merel | dier, kauw, kraai, kraaiachtige, ornithologie, raaf, roek, snavel, vogel, zwart |
| Svenska (sv) | koltrast | djur, fågel, koltrast, korp, kråka, kraxa, näbb, råka, svart |
| Polski (pl) | czarny ptak | czarny, dziób, gawron, krakanie, kruk, krukowate, ptak, wrona, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | siyah kuş | gaga, gak, hayvan, hilebaz, kara, karga, kargagil, kuş, kuzgun, siyah |
| Русский (ru) | черная птица | ворон, ворона, врановый, грач, каркать, клюв, птица, черная птица, черный, чёрный |
| Українська (uk) | чорний птах | ворон, дзьоб, дрізд, каркати, крук, птах, тварина, чорний |
| Ελληνικά (el) | μαύρο πουλί | ζώο, κόρακας, κοράκι, μαύρο, μαυροκόρακας, ορνιθολογία, πουλί, ράμφος, σπουργίτι |
| العربية (ar) | طائر أسود | أسود, حيوان, صياح, طائر, غداف, غراب, قاق, منقار, نعيق |
| עברית (he) | ציפור שחורה | בעל חיים, מקור, עורב, עורבני, ציפור, ציפור שחורה, קרקור, שחור |
| فارسی (fa) | پرنده سیاه | پرنده, حقه‌باز, حیوان, رخ, زاغ, سیاه, قارقار, کلاغ, منقار |
| हिन्दी (hi) | काली चिड़िया | काग, काला, काली चिड़िया, कौआ, कौवा, चोंच, पक्षी |
| বাংলা (bn) | কাক | কাক, কাকের ডাক, কালো, চঞ্চু, দাঁড় কাক, দাঁড়কাক, পাখি |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | burung hitam | binatang, burung, gagak, hewan, hitam, ornitologi, paruh |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | chim hoét đen | chim, chim hoét đen, con quạ, động vật, họ quạ, loài quạ, màu đen, mỏ, quạ |
| ไทย (th) | นกสีดำ | กา, ดำ, นก, นกสีดำ, เบิร์ด, แบล็ก, เรเวน, สัตว์, อีกา |
| 日本語 (ja) | 黒い鳥 | カーカー, カラス, くちばし, コクチョウ, ミヤマガラス, ワタリガラス, 烏, 鳥, 鳥類, 黒 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 검은 새 | 검은 새, 검정, 까마귀, 까악, 동물, 떼까마귀, 부리, 새, 조류, 큰까마귀 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 黑色的鸟 | 乌鸦, 动物, 喙, 渡鸦, 秃鼻乌鸦, 老鸦, 鸟, 鸦叫声, 鸦科, 黑色, 黑色的鸟 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 黑鳥 | 渡鴉, 烏鴉, 烏鴉，喙，渡鴉，黑色，鴉叫聲，呱呱，鳥，動物, 白嘴鴉, 鳥, 黑, 黑鳥 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): swart voël
- Akan (ak): anomaa tuntum
- Albanian (sq): korb
- Amharic (am): ጥቁር ወፍ
- Anii (blo): gasapɩ́ gaɖono
- Armenian (hy): կեռնեխ
- Assamese (as): ক’লা চৰাই
- Azerbaijani (az): qara quş
- Bashkir (ba): ҡара ҡош
- Basque (eu): txori beltza
- Belarusian (be): дрозд
- Bosnian (bs): crna ptica
- Bulgarian (bg): кос
- Burmese (my): ငှက်မည်း
- Cantonese (yue): 黑雀
- Catalan (ca): ocell negre
- Cherokee (chr): ᏥᏍᏆᎵᏍᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): хура кайӑк
- Croatian (hr): crna ptica
- Czech (cs): černý pták
- Danish (da): sort fugl
- Estonian (et): must lind
- Faroese (fo): svartur fuglur
- Filipino (fil): itim na ibon
- Finnish (fi): mustarastas
- Galician (gl): paxaro negro
- Georgian (ka): შავი ჩიტი
- Gujarati (gu): કાળું પક્ષી
- Hausa (ha): babban tsuntsu
- Hungarian (hu): fekete madár
- Icelandic (is): svartur fugl
- Igbo (ig): nnụnụ ojii
- Irish (ga): lon dubh
- Javanese (jv): manuk ireng
- Kannada (kn): ಕಪ್ಪು ಪಕ್ಷಿ
- Kazakh (kk): ұзақ
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ۇزاق
- Khmer (km): បក្សីខ្មៅ
- Konkani (kok): काळें सुकणें
- Kyrgyz (ky): кара чымчык
- Lao (lo): ນົກດໍາ
- Latvian (lv): melns putns
- Lithuanian (lt): juodas paukštis
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): carny ptašk
- Macedonian (mk): црна птица
- Malay (ms): burung hitam
- Malayalam (ml): കറുത്ത പക്ഷി
- Marathi (mr): काळा पक्षी
- Mexican Spanish (es-MX): ave negra
- Mongolian (mn): хар шувуу
- Nepali (ne): कालो चरा
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): blák bẹd
- Norwegian (no): svart fugl
- Odia (or): କଳା ପକ୍ଷୀ
- Oromo (om): simbirroo gurraattii
- Pashto (ps): تور مرغه
- Punjabi (pa): ਕਾਲਾ ਪੰਛੀ
- Quechua (qu): yana pisqu
- Romanian (ro): pasăre neagră
- Romansh (rm): utschè nair
- Sardinian (sc): pugione nieddu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): eun-dubh
- Serbian (sr): црна птица
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): crna ptica
- Shan (shn): ၼူၵ်ႉလမ်
- Sindhi (sd): ڪارو پکي
- Sinhala (si): කළු කුරුල්ලා
- Slovak (sk): čierny vták
- Slovenian (sl): kos
- Somali (so): shimbir madoow
- Spanish (United States) (es-US): mirlo
- Swahili (sw): ndege mweusi
- Tamil (ta): கருப்பு பறவை
- Telugu (te): నల్లటి పక్షి
- Tigrinya (ti): ጸላም ዑፍ
- Turkmen (tk): gara guş
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): čorny ptačk
- Urdu (ur): سیاہ پرندہ
- Uzbek (uz): qora qush
- Welsh (cy): aderyn du
- Yoruba (yo): ẹyẹ dúdú
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɛyɛ dúdú
- Zulu (zu): inyoni emnyama

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F426 U+200D U+2B1B` |
| HTML | `🐦‍⬛` |
| CSS | `\1F426\200D\2B1B` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F426}\u{200D}\u{2B1B}` |
| Python | `\U0001F426\u200D\u2B1B` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 90 A6 E2 80 8D E2 AC 9B` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC26 200D 2B1B` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%90%A6%E2%80%8D%E2%AC%9B` |

## Questions

### What does the 🐦‍⬛ black bird emoji mean?

Dark feathers cover this bird, which looks like a crow, raven or rook. It is used for crows and ravens, dark or spooky themes, Halloween, and the sound of cawing, as well as moody or mysterious imagery.

### How do I type the 🐦‍⬛ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “black 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 :black_bird:.

### When was the 🐦‍⬛ emoji added?

🐦‍⬛ was added in Emoji 15.0, released in 2022.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🐦‍⬛?

U+1F426 U+200D U+2B1B. In HTML you can write 🐦‍⬛, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F426}\u{200D}\u{2B1B}.

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