- Rattling Cisticola
- Red-and-yellow Barbet
- Red-backed Shrike
- Red-bellied Macaw
- Red-bellied Parrot
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver
- Red-billed Firefinch
- Red-breasted Coua
- Red-breasted Meadowlark
- Red-capped Cardinal
- Red-capped Lark
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
- Red-chested Cuckoo
- Red-eyed Dove
- Red-fan Parrot
- Red-knobbed Coot
- Red-legged Partridge
- Red-necked Spurfowl
- Red-necked Woodpecker
- Red-rumped Cacique
- Red Fody
- Red Kite
- Red Knot
- Reddish Hermit
- Reed Cormorant
- Reunion Stonechat
- Ring-necked Dove
- Ringed Kingfisher
- Roadside Hawk
- Roseate Spoonbill
- Royal Tern
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
- Ruddy Ground Dove
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Ruff
- Rufous-naped Lark
- Rufous-tailed Weaver
- Rufous Crab Hawk
- Rüppell's Starling
- Rüppell's Vulture
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher