Tawny Owl
Species information
Sentience	Semi-senient
Feather colour	Tawny Slightly brown
Native range	Eurasia[1]
Ministry of Magic Classification	XX

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Tawny Owl (binomial name Stric aluco) is a stocky, medium-sized owl commonly found in woodlands across much of Eurasia. Its underparts are pale with dark streaks, and the upperparts are either brown or grey.^[1]

Tawny Owl is one of several species of owls sold at Eeylops Owl Emporium. One can purchase it for 10 Galleons.^[2]

Early in the morning on 1 November, 1981, a large tawny owl, one of several owls that would be traversing the skies that day due to Voldemort's recent downfall, passed by the windows of 4 Privet Drive. It was unseen by the Dursley family, who were busy with their morning routine.^[3]

Neville Longbottom's grandmother, Augusta, has a tawny owl that she sometimes uses to send him things that he forgot.^[4] A tawny owl was amongst the owls that delivered hate mail to Hermione Granger in February 1995 following the publication of the article "Harry Potter's Secret Heartache" in Witch Weekly.^[5] Later that year, on 26 May, another tawny delivered her a copy of the morning's Daily Prophet, which she scanned and her to her delight discovered that Rita Skeeter had not uncovered the strange events regarding Bartemius Crouch Sr. that happened two nights past.^[6]

See AlsoEdit

• Barn Owl
• Brown Owl
• Screech Owl

AppearancesEdit

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (PS1 version only)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Pottermore

External linksEdit

• Tawny Owl on Wikipedia

Notes and referencesEdit