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Fulvous is a
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, sometimes described as dull orange,
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ish-yellow or tawny; it can also be likened to a variation of
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, beige or
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. As an adjective it is used in the names of many species of birds, and occasionally other animals, to describe their appearance. It is also used as in
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to describe fungi with greater colour specificity, specifically the pigmentation of the surface cuticle, the broken flesh and the spores en masse. The first recorded use of ''fulvous'' as a colour name in
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was in the year 1664.“Fulvous” entry in Merriam-Webster online dictionary:
/ref> Fulvous in English is derived from the Latin "fulvus", a term that can be recognised in the scientific binomials of several species, and can provide a clue to their colouration.


Birds

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Fulvous babbler The fulvous babbler or fulvous chatterer (''Argya fulva'') is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is 25 cm long with a wingspan of 27–30.5 cm. It is warm brown above with very faint streaking on the crown and back. Th ...
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Fulvous owl The fulvous owl (''Strix fulvescens''), or Guatemala barred owl, is a resident of the cloud forests of Central America. A medium-sized true owl, it has a round head, lacking ear tufts. Typical coloration is warm dark brown or reddish brown on th ...
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Fulvous parrotbill The fulvous parrotbill (''Suthora fulvifrons'') is a species of parrotbill in the family Paradoxornithidae. The species is also known as the fulvous-fronted parrotbill, the fulvous-fronted suthora, and the fulvous-fronted crowtit. The species, al ...
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Fulvous shrike-tanager The fulvous shrike-tanager (''Lanio fulvus'') is a South American bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical ...
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Fulvous whistling duck The fulvous whistling duck or fulvous tree duck (''Dendrocygna bicolor'') is a species of whistling duck that breeds across the world's tropical regions in much of Mexico and South America, the West Indies, the southern United States, sub- ...
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Fulvous wren The fulvous wren (''Cinnycerthia fulva'') is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. Taxonomy and systematics The fulvous wren was formerly considered a subspecies of ''Cinnycerthia peruana'', which ...
* Fulvous-bellied antpitta *
Fulvous-breasted flatbill The fulvous-breasted flatbill (''Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus'') is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolo ...
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Fulvous-breasted woodpecker The fulvous-breasted woodpecker (''Dendrocopos macei'') is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, India and Myanmar. The freckle-breasted woodpecker was formerly considered conspecific with this s ...
* Fulvous-chested jungle-flycatcher *
Fulvous-chinned nunlet The fulvous-chinned nunlet (''Nonnula sclateri'') is a species of near-passerine bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. C ...
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Fulvous-crested tanager The fulvous-crested tanager (''Tachyphonus surinamus'') is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat i ...
* Fulvous-dotted treerunner * Fulvous-headed brush-finch * Fulvous-headed tanager *
Fulvous-vented euphonia The fulvous-vented euphonia (''Euphonia fulvicrissa'') is a species of bird in the family Fringillidae, formerly placed in the Thraupidae It is found in the Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist low ...
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Gyps fulvus ''Gyps'' is a genus of Old World vultures that was proposed by Marie Jules César Savigny in 1809. Its members are sometimes known as griffon vultures. ''Gyps'' vultures have a slim head, a long slender neck with downy feathers, and a ruff aroun ...
'', the griffon vulture * ''
Pluvialis fulva '' Pluvialis '' is a genus of plovers, a group of wading birds comprising four species that breed in the temperate or Arctic Northern Hemisphere. In breeding plumage, they all have largely black underparts, and golden or silvery upperparts. Th ...
'', the Pacific golden plover * '' Mulleripicus fulvus'', the ashy woodpecker * '' Petrochelidon fulva'', the cave swallow


Reptiles

* '' Thamnophis fulvus'', the Mesoamerican highlands gartersnake


Mammals

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Fulvous harvest mouse The fulvous harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys fulvescens'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and the United States. Description About 17 subspecies of ''R. fulves ...
* Fulvous pygmy rice rat *
Fulvous-bellied climbing rat The fulvous-bellied climbing rat (''Tylomys fulviventer'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskr ...
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Fulvus roundleaf bat The fulvus roundleaf bat or fulvus leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros fulvus'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Taxonomy The fulvus roundleaf ...
* '' Eulemur fulvus'', the common brown lemur * '' Spermophilus fulvus'', the yellow ground squirrel


Fish

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Cephalopholis fulva ''Cephalopholis fulva'', the coney or the butterfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is in the family Serranidae which also includes the anthias and sea basses. It is found in the wes ...
'', the coney * '' Starksia fulva'', the yellow blenny


Invertebrates

* Fulvous dawnfly * Fulvous forest skimmer * ''
Dorylus fulvus ''Dorylus'', also known as driver ants, safari ants, or siafu, is a large genus of army ants found primarily in central and east Africa, although the range also extends to southern Africa and tropical Asia. The term siafu is a loanword from Swahi ...
'', a West African ant * '' Technomyrmex fulvus'', a Central American ant * ''
Nylanderia fulva ''Nylanderia'' is a large genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution with species inhabiting a wide array of habitats in almost all geographic regions. ''Nylanderia'', currently containing over 1 ...
'', a South American ant * '' Paratrechina fulva'', a South American ant * '' Aphaenogaster fulva'', a
nearctic The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface. The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America ...
American ant * '' Smicronyx fulvus'', a sunflower seed
weevil Weevils are beetles belonging to the superfamily Curculionoidea, known for their elongated snouts. They are usually small, less than in length, and herbivorous. Approximately 97,000 species of weevils are known. They belong to several families, ...
* '' Tigriopus fulvus'', a marine
copepod Copepods (; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat. Some species are planktonic (inhabiting sea waters), some are benthic (living on the ocean floor), a number of species have ...
* '' Menemerus fulvus'', a Japanese
jumping spider Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping spi ...
* '' Megahexura fulva'', the tawny dwarf tarantula * ''
Euconulus fulvus ''Euconulus fulvus'' is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. Description For terms see gastropod shell The 2.0-2.5 x 2.8-3.5 mm shell is br ...
'', a New Zealand land snail * '' Rhagonycha fulva'', the common red soldier beetle * '' Libellula fulva'', the scarce chaser; a British dragon fly * '' Aplysina fulva'', a scattered pore rope sponge


Fungi

* '' Fomes fulvus'', a North American conk * ''
Amanita fulva ''Amanita fulva'', commonly called the tawny grisette or the orange-brown ringless amanita, is a basidiomycete mushroom of the genus ''Amanita''. It is found frequently in deciduous and coniferous forests of Europe, and possibly North America ...
'' * '' Mycovellosiella fulva'', a plant pathogen * '' Byssochlamys fulva'', a plant pathogen * ''
Cladosporium fulvum ''Passalora fulva'' is a fungal plant pathogen Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms ...
'', a plant pathogen * '' Xanthoria fulva'', a lichen


Prokaryotes

* '' Myxococcus fulvus'' * '' Pseudomonas fulva''


Plants

* '' Plagiobothrys fulvus'', fulvous popcorn flower * '' Chrysopogon fulvus'', red false beardgrass * ''
Hemerocallis fulva ''Hemerocallis fulva'', the orange day-lily, tawny daylily, corn lily, tiger daylily, fulvous daylily, ditch lily or Fourth of July lily (also railroad daylily, roadside daylily, outhouse lily, and wash-house lily), is a species of daylily native ...
'', tawny daylily * '' Iris fulva'', copper iris * ''
Polyscias fulva ''Polyscias fulva'' is a species of flowering plant. It is an evergreen or deciduous tree, native to the mountains of tropical Africa and the southwestern Arabian Peninsula.Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. Accessed 3 Ma ...
'' a West African parasol tree * '' Ulmus fulva'', slippery elm * '' Quercus fulva'', an endemic Mexican oak * '' Utricularia fulva'', an Australian carnivorous plant * ''
Livistona fulva ''Livistona fulva'' is a palm species, restricted in distribution to the Blackdown Tablelands in central Queensland, Australia. ''Livistona fulva'' is a tall solitary palm. In nature, it grows in open forests; in cultivation. it prefers a war ...
'', a palm having fronds with golden undersides * '' Madhuca fulva'', a threatened tree endemic to
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
* '' Arachnorchis fulva'', the tawny spider-orchid * ''
Arctophila fulva ''Arctophila'' is a genus of Arctic and Subarctic plants in the grass family. The only known species is ''Arctophila fulva'', commonly known as pendant grass, native to northern parts of Eurasia and North America (Russia, Finland, Sweden, S ...
'', arctic march grass


See also

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