U+1CC96 "𜲖" Flapping Bird Unicode Character

U+1CC96 "𜲖" Flapping Bird is a relatively recent addition to the Unicode Standard, included in Version 15.0, and it belongs to the "Noto Sans Symbols 2" or "Symbols for Legacy Computing" block, specifically designed to represent graphical glyphs from vintage computer systems rather than a literal zoological or textual character. Its name derives from a classic animated ASCII or 8-bit art sprite often used in early software, games, or terminal demos to depict a bird in midflutter with wings raised, and it serves as a digital artifact preserving the visual culture of retro computing interfaces and pixel art aesthetics.