ACCEPTABLE PREFIXES

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Colors
Amber- Yellowish-brown.
Auburn - Reddish-brown or golden-brown.
Black - Black.
Blue - Bluish grey.
Brown - Light to Dark brown.
Golden - Darker ‘yellow’.
Ginger - Dark orange or Reddish Brown.
Grey - Grey.
Red - Ginger.
Russet - Reddish brown.
Sable - Brown.
Silver - Light Grey.
Tawny- Yellowish brown.
White - White.
Yellow - Yellow.


Patterns
Brindle - Having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring.
Dapple/d - Rounded patches of a color or shade against a differently colored background.
Mottle/d - Spots or blotches of a different color or shade.
Patch - Blotches or patches of color.
Speckle/d - Small speck or specks of color.
Spotted - Marked with or characterized by a spot or spots.


Birds
Ani - Black.
Avocet - Calicos.
Bittern - Brown; Brown tabbies.
Brambling - Black and white.
Bunting - Black, Black and white.
Buzzard - Darker colors, such as brown or black.
Cardinal - Ginger.
Chickadee - Grey and white.
Cormorant - Dark brown.
Crane - White, or black and white.
Crow - Black.
Cuckoo - Brown and white.
Curlew - Brown or mottled.
Dipper - Dark grey.
Dove - White or softer colors such as light tan.
Dowitcher - Red-brown, mottled
Duck - White and Brown, or White and Black.
Dunlin - Browns, greys, especially tabbies.
Eagle - Darker colors, such as brown.
Egret - White, ginger and white.
Falcon - Darker colors, such as brown or black; or a combination of a darker color and white.
Finch - Orange and White, lighter colors
Gadwall - Torties.
Gallinule - Blue-grey.
Garganey - Mottled.
Godwit - Grey or brown-black with white or orange; possibly torties and calicos.
Goose - White.
Grackle - Black.
Grebe - Brown.
Grouse - Browns.
Gull - Grey and white
Harrier - Grey.
Hawk - Dark browns or greys.
Heron - Light colors such as White or silver.
Ibis - Red-brown, ginger.
Jaeger - Dark brown, dark brown with white or cream.
Jay - Blue-grey.
Kestrel - Torties, browns, silvers.
Kinglet - Brown and white.
Lark - A mixture, such as of silvers and browns.
Loon - Black and white.
Magpie - Black and white.
Moorhen - Slate grey.
Oriole - Calicos and torties.
Osprey - Black and white.
Owl - Darker browns or black and white.
Phalarope - Grey-brown or grey.
Pigeon - Grey, Cream.
Pipit - Brown, tan.
Plover - Brown and white.
Quail - A mixture of colors, such as of silver and brown.
Raven- Black.
Robin - Light brown.
Rook - Black.
Ruff - Brown.
Sandpiper - Brown, tan.
Scaup - Black and white.
Shrike - Black and white or grey and white.
Siskin - Browns.
Snipe - Brown and white, tan.
Solitaire - Blue-grey.
Sparrow - Light brown.
Stork - White and black
Swallow - Darker colors, such as black or grey.
Swan - White.
Swift - Black.
Tanager - Ginger.
Tern - White, or a mixture of black and white.
Thrush - Light brown or a mixture of brown and white.
Veery - Brown, brown and white.
Vireo -Grey, grey and white
Whimbrel - Mouse-grey or tan
Widgeon - Black and white or grey and white
Willet - Greys.
Wren - Light brown.


Animals (including reptiles, fish, etc)
Ant - Black.
Adder- Brown, brown and white, grey-brown
Badger - Black and White.
Bat- Black.
Bear - Brown.
Beaver - Brown.
Cougar - Reddish brown, or tan.
Coyote - Tan, light brown, or reddish light brown.
Deer - Light or reddish brown.
Elk - Light brown, or a mixture of brown and white.
Fawn - Light brown.
Fox - Ginger.
Hare - Light to dark brown or grey.
Leopard - Spotted.
Lion - Golden.
Lynx - Grey.
Minnow - Silver or light brown.
Mole - Brown or grey.
Moose - Brown.
Moth - Lighter colors.
Mouse - Brown or grey.
Otter - Brown.
Rabbit - Light brown to dark brown or grey.
Raccoon - Grey and black, brown and cream, tan, etc.
Rat - Brown or grey.
Shrew - Brown.
Snake - Darker colors
Spider - Black or dark brown.
Squirrel - Brown, ginger, or grey.
Tiger - Tabby.
Toad - Brown.
Vole - light to dark brown.


Plants
Aspen - Grey.
Alder - Grey.
Ash - Grey.
Bark - Brown.
Birch - Silver or brown.
Branch - Light to dark brown.
Elm - Brown.
Gorse - Gold or brown.
Heather - White
Lichen - Grey, white, ginger, or golden/yellow.
Maple - Golden or brown.
Oak - Brown or grey.
Reed - Brown or reddish brown.
Root - Brown.
Rowan - Ginger or reddish brown.
Sorrel - Golden or light brown.
Spruce - Brown or bluish grey.
Willow - Silver or bluish grey.


Weather/Precipitation
Cloud - White.
Fog - Grey or silver.
Frost - White.
Hail - White.
Ice - White.
Mist/y - White, grey, or silver.
Rain - Bluish grey.
Snow - White.
Storm - Light to dark grey.

Body size/shape
Big - Large in size.
Heavy - Large in size/weight.
Little - Small in body.
Long - Long in body.
Small - Small in body.
Short - Short, perhaps stocky.
Tall - Tall, long legs.
Tiny - Small in body.

Acceptable Times of Day
Dawn - Ginger.
Dusk - Black or dark grey.
Night - Black.

Miscellaneous
Bright - Light colors.
Cinder - Grey.
Dark - Darker colors.
Dust - Light brown or grey.
Ember - Ginger, grey, or a mixture such as in a calico.
Fire - Ginger.
Flame - Ginger.
Honey - Golden.
Light - Lighter colors.
Mud - Brown.
Pale - Lighter colors.
Pebble - Brown or grey.
Sand - Tan or cream.
Shade - Darker colors such as dark grey or black.
Shadow - Black.
Smoke - Grey.
Soot - Grey.
Stone - Grey or brown.
Rock - Grey or brown.



Examples


Calico*
Ember-
Mottled-

Black
Black-
Crow-
Dark-
Dusk-
Night-
Raven-
Rook-
Shadow-
Swift-


Blue
Blue-
Heather-
Jay-
Rain-
Spruce
Willow-


Brown -solid-
Bear-
Brown-
Mud-
Otter-

Ginger
Dawn-
Ginger-
Finch-
Fire-
Flame-
Fox-

Grey
Falcon-
Grey-
Silver-
Smoke-
Squirrel-

Tabby
Mackerel
Falcon-
Hawk-
Raccoon-

Classic
Owl-
Thrush-
Willow-

Spotted
Deer-
Leopard-
Russet-

Ticked
Elm-
Hare-
Mole-

Tan
Coyote-
Deer-
Minnow-
Robin-

Tortoiseshell*
Ember-


*Calico vs. Tortoiseshell- A tortoise is a cat with a mixture of a dark color (such as black) with orange/red. It has little to no white markings. The calico is a cat with the same mixture of a darker color with orange/red but with around 30-50% white markings.
(This is, of course, an extremely simplified explanation.

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UPDATE 7-7-11|| Ani, Brambling, Bunting, Cardinal, Chickadee, Cormorant, Curlew, Dipper, Dowitcher, Dunlin, Egret, Gadwall, Gallinule, Garganey, Godwit, Grackle, Grebe, Harrier, Ibis, Jaeger, Kinglet, Magpie, Moorhen, Phalarope, Pipit, Oriole, Ruff, Scaup, Siskin, Solitaire, Tanager, Vireo, Whimbrel, and Widgeon have all been added to the bird section of the prefix list.