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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:
- 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
[edit] 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
[edit] People
[edit] Miscellaneous
- In heraldry, 'Tenné' 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
