Red tail
# Red tail

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
* 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
* 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

The term may also refer to:

* Redtailing, following a fellow snowboarder too closely.
* Redtail, a CRM designed exclusively for financial professionals
* Redtail Nature Awareness, a nature based camp in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada
* A member of the Tuskegee Airmen (the popular name for the 332d Fighter Group), a unit of African American fighter pilots during World War II
   * Red Tails, a 2012 movie
   * Red Tail Project
* Redtail, a cat from Erin Hunter's Warriors series
* Redtail Telematics Corporation, a manufacturer and distributor of GPS tracking equipment.
* A nickname for Northwest Airlines
