- 金丝雀 jīnsīquè canary
- 金丝猴 jīnsīhóu golden monkeygolden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)
- 金丝燕 jīnsīyàn swiftletAerodramus, a genus of birds that use echolocation, a subset of the Collocaliini tribe (swiftlets), two species of which build the nests harvested to make bird's nest soup
- 戈氏金丝燕 Gēshìjīnsīyàn Germain's swiftletGermain's swiftlet (Aerodramus germani)
- 短嘴金丝燕 duǎnzuǐjīnsīyàn Himalayan swiftletHimalayan swiftlet (Aerodramus brevirostris)
