Red Foxes have short legs, pointed triangular black ears, and a long bushy tail tipped in white.

Both sexes, however, have distinct elongated tails tipped with pale feathers.

Their carapaces were jointed like insects', ending in arched tails tipped with spikes.

Nanday conures have a distinctive black head, and wings and tails tipped with dark blue feathers.

The lores are pale brown, the wings dark brown, and the tail black with outer feathers tipped with white.

It also has a cream-buff belly and blue tail tipped with white.

The tail is fairly short and brown but tipped with white.

Adults of most subspecies are typically dark slate grey above; the tail tipped with white and having three to six narrow white bars.

The tail is redder and tipped in white.