- 瑙蒙短尾鹛 nǎoméngduǎnwěiméi Naung Mung scimitar babbler(bird species of China) Naung Mung scimitar babbler; Napothera naungmungensis
- 短尾信天翁 duǎnwěixìntiānwēng short-tailed albatrossa large sea bird species found in the North Pacific
- 短尾矮袋鼠 duǎnwěi'ǎidàishǔ quokkaquokka; a small macropod about the size of a domestic cat native to Western Australia
- 短尾莺 duǎnwěiyīng Asian stubtaila bird species of East Asia (Urosphena squameiceps)
- 短尾贼鸥 duǎnwěizéi'ōu parasitic jaegera bird species of China (Stercorarius parasiticus)
- 短尾鲵 duǎnwěiní hynobid salamandersmall Asiatic salamander characterized by a short tail and lacking external gills as an adult
- 短尾鸦雀 duǎnwěiyāquè short-tailed parrotbill(bird species of China) short-tailed parrotbill (Suthora davidiana)
- 短尾鹦鹉 duǎnwěiyīngwǔ vernal hanging parrotthe vernal hanging parrot (Loriculus vernalis), a bird species native to parts of South and Southeast Asia including China
- 短尾鹩鹛 duǎnwěiliáoméi rufous-throated wren-babbler(bird species of China) rufous-throated wren-babbler (Spelaeornis caudatus)
- 短尾鹪鹛 duǎnwěijiāoméi streaked wren-babblerstreaked wren-babbler (Gypsophila brevicaudata); a bird species native to China
- 短尾鹱 duǎnwěihù short-tailed shearwatera species of bird, Ardenna tenuirostris, native to the Pacific Ocean
- 蓝腰短尾鹦鹉 lányāoduǎnwěiyīngwǔ blue-rumped parrotblue-rumped parrot (Psittinus cyanurus); a bird species native to Southeast Asia