Tawny

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Tawny refers to a pale orange-brown colour. It is used in the names of organisms with such colouring. It is also a given or assumed name for people, mostly women. Examples of its various uses are:

Birds

  • Tawny Antpitta, Grallaria quitensis
  • Tawny Eagle, Aquila rapax
  • Tawny Fish Owl, Ketupa flavipes
  • Tawny Frogmouth, Podargus strigoides
  • Tawny Grassbird, Megalurus timoriensis
  • Tawny Lark, Galerida deva, also known as Syke's Lark
  • Tawny Owl, Strix aluco
  • Hume's Tawny Owl, Strix butleri, also known as Hume's Owl
  • Tawny Piculet, Picumnus fulvescens
  • Tawny Pipit, Anthus campestris
  • Black-and-tawny Seedeater, Sporophila nigrorufa
  • Tawny Straightbill, Timeliopsis griseigula
  • Tawny Tit-spinetail, Leptasthenura yanacensis
  • Tawny-backed Fantail, Rhipidura superflua
  • Tawny-bellied Babbler, Dumetia hyperythra
  • Tawny-bellied Hermit, Phaethornis syrmatophorus
  • Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl, Megascops watsonii
  • Tawny-bellied Seedeater, Sporophila hypoxantha
  • Tawny-breasted Flycatcher, Myiobius villosus
  • Tawny-breasted Honeyeater, Xanthotis flaviventer
  • Tawny-breasted Parrotfinch, Erythrura hyperythra
  • Tawny-breasted Tinamou, Nothocercus julius
  • Tawny-breasted Wren Babbler, Spelaeornis longicaudatus
  • Tawny-browed Owl, Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana
  • Tawny-capped Euphonia, Euphonia anneae
  • Tawny-chested Flycatcher, Aphanotriccus capitalis, also known as Salvin's Flycatcher
  • Tawny-collared Nightjar, Caprimulgus salvini
  • Tawny-crested Tanager, Tachyphonus delatrii
  • Tawny-crowned Greenlet, Hylophilus ochraceiceps
  • Tawny-crowned Honeyeater, Phylidonyris melanops
  • Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant, Euscarthmus meloryphus
  • Tawny-faced Gnatwren, Microbates cinereiventris
  • Tawny-faced Quail, Rhynchortyx cinctus
  • Tawny-flanked Prinia, Prinia subflava, related to the Plain Prinia
  • Tawny-headed Mountain Finch, Leucosticte sillemi
  • Tawny-headed Swallow, Alopochelidon fucata
  • Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet, Phyllomyias uropygialis
  • Tawny-shouldered Blackbird, Agelaius humeralis
  • Tawny-throated Dotterel, Oreopholus ruficollis
  • Tawny-throated Leaftosser, Sclerurus mexicanus
  • Tawny-tufted Toucanet, Selenidera nattereri
  • Tawny-winged Woodcreeper, Dendrocincla anabatina

Other organisms

  • Tawny Cat Snake, Boiga ochracea, snake of the family Colubridae
  • Tawny Daylily, Hemerocallis fulva, also known as Orange Daylily, plant of the family Hemerocallidaceae
  • Tawny Grisette, Amanita fulva, mushroom of the family Amanitaceae
  • Tawny Mime, Papilio (Chilasa) agestor, butterfly of the family Papilionidae
  • Tawny Nurse Shark, Nebrius ferrugineusor, also known as Giant Sleepy Shark, nurse shark in the family Ginglymostomatidae
  • Tawny Prominent, Nadata gibbosa, also known as Rough Prominent, moth of the family Notodontidae.
  • Tawny Rajah, Charaxes bernardus, butterfly of the family Nymphalidae
  • Scarce Tawny Rajah, Charaxes aristogiton, butterfly of the family Nymphalidae
  • Tawny Speckled Pug, Eupithecia icterata, moth of the family Geometridae
  • Tawny-Bellied Cotton Rat, Sigmodon fulviventer, rodent of the family Muridae

People

Miscellaneous

  • In heraldry, 'TennĂ©' or 'tawny' is an orangish brown colour
  • Mister Tawky Tawny, a fictional character in the Marvel Family comics
  • The 'Tawny Man' trilogy, fantasy book series by writer Robin Hobb
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