- Rainbow Bee-eater
- Rainbow Lorikeet
- Rattling Cisticola
- Razorbill
- Red-and-green Macaw
- Red-backed Shrike
- Red-billed Firefinch
- Red-billed Oxpecker
- Red-billed Quelea
- Red-billed Teal
- Red-breasted Goose
- Red-browed Finch
- Red-capped Lark
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
- Red-crested Pochard
- Red-eyed Dove
- Red-faced Crombec
- Red-fronted Barbet
- Red-fronted Warbler
- Red-headed Weaver
- Red-knobbed Coot
- Red-necked Avocet
- Red-necked Spurfowl
- Red-rumped Parrot
- Red-rumped Swallow
- Red-tailed Shrike
- Red-throated Pipit
- Red-whiskered Bulbul
- Red Fody
- Red Kite
- Red Phalarope
- Red Wattlebird
- Reed Cormorant
- Regent Bowerbird
- Reunion Bulbul
- Reunion Grey White-eye
- Reunion Olive White-eye
- Reunion Stonechat
- Ring-necked Dove
- Ring Ouzel
- Rock Dove
- Rook
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Rosy-billed Pochard
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike
- Rouget's Rail
- Royal Spoonbill
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Ruff
- Rufous-bellied Heron
- Rufous-naped Lark
- Rufous Chatterer
- Rufous Whistler
- Rüppell's Robin-Chat
- Rüppell's Starling
- Rüppell's Vulture
- Rüppell's Weaver