flamingo

flamingo meaning

A pink flamingo, added in Emoji 12. 0. It represents the bird, tropical and coastal wetlands, and an enormous aesthetic industry — flamingos are everywhere in summer decor, pool floats and kitsch. Their pink comes from the shrimp they eat.

Meaning

A pink flamingo, added in Emoji 12.0. It represents the bird, tropical and coastal wetlands, and an enormous aesthetic industry — flamingos are everywhere in summer decor, pool floats and kitsch. Their pink comes from the shrimp they eat. The emoji is used far more for its colour and its vibe than for the actual bird.

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How to use it

• Pool float, obviously a flamingo 🦩
• They are pink because of what they eat 🦩
• Standing on one leg for reasons nobody fully agrees on 🦩

How it looks

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Google Noto Color Emoji — SIL OFL 1.1 (font) / Apache 2.0 (code).

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Twemoji by Twitter/X contributors — CC-BY-4.0 (jdecked/twemoji).

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OpenMoji by the HfG Karlsruhe — CC-BY-SA-4.0.

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Blobmoji — Apache-2.0 (derivative of Noto).

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This emoji in other languages

Available in 100 languages

Technical details

Codepoints

U+1F9A9

Emoji version

12

Shortcodes

:flamingo:

Category

Animals & Nature

FAQ

What does the flamingo emoji (🦩) mean?

A pink flamingo, added in Emoji 12. 0. It represents the bird, tropical and coastal wetlands, and an enormous aesthetic industry — flamingos are everywhere in summer decor, pool floats and kitsch. Their pink comes from the shrimp they eat.

How do you type the flamingo emoji?

Copy the flamingo emoji 🦩 directly from this page and paste it anywhere — messages, social media, documents, or code. On mobile, long-press to copy.

What category is the flamingo emoji in?

The flamingo emoji belongs to the Animals & Nature category.