The eagle emoji brings big freedom energyโthink the United Statesโ national bird, fireworks captions, and loud Murica vibes. It doubles as eagle-eyed, perfect for I saw that texts, protective parent energy, or a flirty Iโm watching you. Sports fans spam it for the Philadelphia Eagles and every high school mascot with talons. Golfers drop it to brag about a sweet -2 on a hole. Meme editors love the dramatic screaming eagle moment, even if movies usually swap in a red-tailed hawk sound. It also signals swooping in on a deal, a deadline rescue, or general main-character majesty.
On Apple/iOS, itโs a bald eagle mid-flight, facing left with wide-spread brown wings, a bright white head and tail, a golden hooked beak, and sharp yellow talons tucked for aerodynamics. The semi-realistic shading and intense side-eye make it feel like itโs about to snatch a salmonโor your last fry. That white cap and big wingspan are instantly recognizable, giving captions a bold, predatory flourish. People also use it ironically for not-so-epic wins (laundry folded, jar opened, freedom secured), or in gym posts about growing wings. Bonus cultural nod: itโs a long-standing US symbol and a conservation comeback kid, which is why it shows up so often in patriotic posts and nature flexes.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 156 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture | ![]() |
| Google Android Picture | ![]() |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | |
| Keywords |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 10 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | ๐ฆ |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 1 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | ๐ฆ |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🦅 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🦅 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f985 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F985 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 129413 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA6 0x85 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F A6 85 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 246 205 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83E 0xDD85 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83edd85 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55358 56709 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F985 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F985 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 129413 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F985" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\xa6\x85" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83E\uDD85" |