What is the name of Twitter’s blue bird logo mascot?

Twitter’s blue bird logo mascot was named Larry the Bird.

The name references Larry Bird, the celebrated basketball player who starred for the Boston Celtics. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone was reportedly a Celtics fan, helping inspire the mascot’s name. The bird symbol matched Twitter’s focus on short messages, which were originally called tweets.

Twitter introduced its first bird icon in 2006, and the design evolved several times. In 2012, the company adopted a simplified bird silhouette known as “Larry the Bird.” The icon became one of the most recognizable social-media logos.

Twitter was renamed X in 2023, and the blue bird branding was replaced by an X symbol. “Larry the Bird” therefore refers specifically to Twitter’s former logo mascot, not the company’s later identity.