- Racket-tailed Roller
- Radde's Warbler
- Rainbow Bee-eater
- Rajah Scops Owl
- Raso Lark
- Razorbill
- Red-and-blue Lory
- Red-and-yellow Barbet
- Red-backed Buttonquail
- Red-backed Flameback
- Red-backed Kingfisher
- Red-backed Mousebird
- Red-backed Thrush
- Red-billed Partridge
- Red-billed Quelea
- Red-billed Scimitar Babbler
- Red-breasted Chat
- Red-breasted Coua
- Red-breasted Meadowlark
- Red-breasted Paradise Kingfisher
- Red-breasted Partridge
- Red-capped Coua
- Red-capped Plover
- Red-chested Buttonquail
- Red-chested Goshawk
- Red-chinned Lorikeet
- Red-collared Lorikeet
- Red-crowned Barbet
- Red-crowned Malimbe
- Red-faced Malkoha
- Red-faced Parrot
- Red-flanked Lorikeet
- Red-fronted Barbet
- Red-fronted Coua
- Red-fronted Lorikeet
- Red-fronted Tinkerbird
- Red-headed Barbet
- Red-kneed Dotterel
- Red-legged Thrush
- Red-mantled Rosefinch
- Red-naped Fruit Dove
- Red-necked Avocet
- Red-necked Crake
- Red-throated Barbet
- Red-throated Bee-eater
- Red-throated Pipit
- Red-throated Thrush
- Red-throated Wryneck
- Red-vented Barbet
- Red-wattled Lapwing
- Red Lory
- Red Tanager
- Redwing
- Reichenbach's Sunbird
- Reunion Harrier
- Ring-necked Francolin
- Ring Ouzel (alpestris)
- Ringed Kingfisher
- Ringed Storm Petrel
- Riverside Tyrant
- Roadside Hawk
- Rock Kestrel
- Rock Pratincole
- Roraiman Nightjar
- Rose-collared Piha
- Rose-crowned Fruit Dove
- Rose-crowned Parakeet
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Rosy Bee-eater
- Ruddy Kingfisher
- Ruddy Pigeon
- Rufous-backed Thrush
- Rufous-bellied Heron
- Rufous-bellied Kookaburra
- Rufous-bellied Thrush
- Rufous-chested Dotterel
- Rufous-collared Kingfisher
- Rufous-collared Thrush
- Rufous-crowned Emu-wren
- Rufous-headed Ground Roller
- Rufous-headed Robin
- Rufous-necked Puffbird
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar
- Rufous-throated Dipper
- Rufous-winged Fulvetta
- Rufous-winged Woodpecker
- Rufous Fishing Owl
- Rufous Vanga
- Running Coua
- Rüppell's Starling
- Russet-backed Oropendola
- Russet-tailed Thrush
- Russet-throated Puffbird
- Russet Sparrow
- Rusty-breasted Nunlet
- Rusty-breasted Wheatear
- Rwenzori Turaco