- Racket-tailed Treepie
- Raffles's Malkoha
- Rainbow-bearded Thornbill
- Rattling Cisticola
- Razorbill
- Red-and-yellow Barbet
- Red-backed Shrike
- Red-bearded Bee-eater
- Red-bellied Grackle
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver
- Red-billed Chough
- Red-billed Firefinch
- Red-billed Oxpecker
- Red-billed Quelea
- Red-billed Teal
- Red-breasted Flycatcher
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Red-breasted Parakeet
- Red-breasted Swallow
- Red-capped Lark
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
- Red-chested Goshawk
- Red-chested Sunbird
- Red-crested Korhaan
- Red-crested Pochard
- Red-crowned Woodpecker
- Red-eyed Dove
- Red-eyed Vireo
- Red-faced Cisticola
- Red-faced Crombec
- Red-faced Mousebird
- Red-faced Spinetail
- Red-footed Falcon
- Red-fronted Barbet
- Red-headed Barbet
- Red-headed Finch
- Red-headed Lovebird
- Red-headed Malimbe
- Red-headed Trogon
- Red-headed Weaver
- Red-knobbed Coot
- Red-legged Honeycreeper
- Red-legged Partridge
- Red-necked Falcon
- Red-necked Grebe
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Red-necked Spurfowl
- Red-necked Stint
- Red-ruffed Fruitcrow
- Red-rumped Tinkerbird
- Red-rumped Wheatear
- Red-tailed Shrike
- Red-tailed Wheatear
- Red-throated Ant Tanager
- Red-throated Barbet
- Red-throated Bee-eater
- Red-throated Loon
- Red-throated Pipit
- Red-throated Wryneck
- Red-vented Malimbe
- Red-wattled Lapwing
- Red-whiskered Bulbul
- Red-winged Grey Warbler
- Red-winged Starling
- Red Collared Dove
- Red Crossbill
- Red Junglefowl
- Red Kite
- Red Knot
- Red Phalarope
- Red Pileated Finch
- Redpoll
- Redwing
- Reed Cormorant
- Reichenow's Seedeater
- Richard's Pipit
- Ring-billed Gull
- Ring-necked Dove
- Ring-necked Duck
- Ring Ouzel
- Ringed Kingfisher
- Ringed Teal
- River Warbler
- Roadside Hawk
- Rock Bunting
- Rock Dove
- Rock Kestrel
- Rock Partridge
- Rock Pratincole
- Rock Ptarmigan
- Rock Sparrow
- Rook
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Roseate Spoonbill
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike
- Rosy Bee-eater
- Rosy Minivet
- Rosy Starling
- Rouget's Rail
- Rough-legged Buzzard
- Royal Tern
- Ruby-cheeked Sunbird
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush
- Ruddy Ground Dove
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Ruddy Treerunner
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Ruddy Woodcreeper
- Ruff
- Rufous-backed Wren
- Rufous-browed Flycatcher
- Rufous-collared Sparrow
- Rufous-eared Warbler
- Rufous-naped Ground Tyrant
- Rufous-naped Lark
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar
- Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin
- Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
- Rufous-winged Woodpecker
- Rufous Chatterer
- Rufous Piculet
- Rüppell's Black Chat
- Rüppell's Robin-Chat
- Rüppell's Starling
- Rüppell's Vulture
- Rüppell's Warbler
- Rüppell's Weaver
- Ruspoli's Turaco
- Russet-backed Oropendola
- Russet-throated Puffbird
- Rusty-breasted Wheatear
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher
- Rusty Flowerpiercer