- Racket-tailed Roller
- Rainforest Scops Owl
- Rattling Cisticola
- Red-backed Flameback
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver
- Red-billed Firefinch
- Red-billed Oxpecker
- Red-billed Quelea
- Red-billed Teal
- Red-capped Lark
- Red-capped Manakin
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
- Red-crested Cardinal
- Red-eyed Dove
- Red-faced Cisticola
- Red-faced Mousebird
- Red-faced Woodland Warbler
- Red-fronted Coua
- Red-headed Malimbe
- Red-headed Quelea
- Red-headed Weaver
- Red-knobbed Coot
- Red-legged Seriema
- Red-necked Falcon
- Red-necked Spurfowl
- Red-rumped Swallow
- Red-tailed Vanga
- Red-throated Bee-eater
- Red-vented Bulbul
- Red-winged Starling
- Red Lark
- Red Pileated Finch
- Reed Cormorant
- Regal Sunbird
- Ring-necked Dove
- River Prinia
- Riverside Wren
- Rock Martin
- Rock Pratincole
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Royal Tern
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Ruff
- Rufous-bellied Thrush
- Rufous-collared Sparrow
- Rufous-fronted Thornbird
- Rufous-naped Lark
- Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin
- Rüppell's Starling
- Rüppell's Vulture
- Rusty-collared Seedeater
- Ruwenzori Batis