The term red tail may refer to the following animals:
- Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), a North American bird of prey
- Red-tailed boa (Boa constrictor), a Central American snake
- Red-tailed Barbel (Barbus haasi), a European barbel
- Redtail catfish (Phractocephalus hemioliopterus), a South American freshwater fish
- Red-tailed black shark or Red-tailed shark (Epalzeorhynchos bicolor), a common aquarium freshwater fish native to Thailand
- Redtail barb (Enteromius gurneyi), a freshwater fish from South Africa
- Red tailed tinfoil barb (Barbonymus altus), a freshwater fish from Southeast Asia
- Red-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii), a cockatoo native to Australia
- Red-tailed tropicbird (Phaëthon rubricauda), a seabird
- Red-tailed sportive lemur (Lepilemur ruficaudatus), a primate native to Madagascar
- Redtail (Ceriagrion aeruginosum) a species of damselfly found in south-eastern Australia
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