Hello, radiant birdwatchers and resourceful explorers! Today, we’re ready to take a remarkable ride through the rousing and rich world of birds that start with the letter ‘R’. From the rustling trees to the rushing rivers, we’ll reveal some of the most remarkable ‘R’ birds that roam the skies and the ground. So, let’s rev up our curiosity and ruffle our feathers for this riveting ‘R’ bird adventure!

First on our route is the Robin, a friendly bird known for its red breast and cheerful song. American Robins are often seen hopping across lawns, searching for worms and insects. They are early risers, singing to greet the new day at the first light of dawn. Robins remind us to start each day with joy and optimism, no matter what challenges lie ahead.
Next, we’ll roam over to the Raven, a mysterious bird known for its intelligence and shiny black feathers. Ravens are skilled problem solvers, using their cleverness to find food and even play games. They can mimic sounds and voices, showing us that intelligence isn’t limited to humans and that creativity can be found throughout the animal kingdom.
Then, let’s recognize the Rainbow Lorikeet, a colorful bird that lives up to its name with its bright feathers in shades of blue, green, orange, and red. Found in Australia, Rainbow Lorikeets are social and playful, chattering away and darting between trees. These birds teach us about the beauty of diversity and the joy of sharing vibrant colors with the world.
Our radiant journey through the ‘R’ birds introduces us to the resourceful Robin, the remarkable Raven, and the rainbow-colored Rainbow Lorikeet. Each bird brings a unique lesson and charm to our avian exploration, inviting us to keep our hearts and minds open to the wonders of nature. So, let’s continue our flight with eager eyes and soaring spirits as we uncover the rich and remarkable lives of birds!

List of Birds That Start With R
Here is a list of birds that start with R in alphabetical order. How many do you know from this list? Scroll down to learn more about each bird!
- Rachel’s Malimbe
- Racket-tailed Coquette
- Racket-tailed Roller
- Racket-tailed Treepie
- Radde’s Accentor
- Radde’s Warbler
- Radjah Shelduck
- Raffles’s Malkoha
- Raggiana Bird-of-paradise
- Raiatea Parakeet
- Rail-Babbler
- Raimondi’s Yellow Finch
- Rain Quail
- Rainbow Bee-eater
- Rainbow Lorikeet
- Rainbow Pitta
- Rainbow Starfrontlet
- Rainbow-bearded Thornbill
- Rainforest Scops Owl
- Raja Ampat Pitohui
- Rajah Scops Owl
- Rand’s Warbler
- Ranongga White-eye
- Rapa Fruit Dove
- Rapa Shearwater
- Rarotonga Monarch
- Rarotonga Starling
- Raso Lark
- Ratchet-tailed Treepie
- Rattling Cisticola
- Razor-billed Curassow
- Razorbill
- Recurve-billed Bushbird
- Red Avadavat
- Red Bird-of-paradise
- Red Collared Dove
- Red Crossbill
- Red Fody
- Red Fox Sparrow
- Red Goshawk
- Red Junglefowl
- Red Kite
- Red Knot
- Red Lark
- Red Lory
- Red Myzomela
- Red Owl
- Red Phalarope
- Red Pileated Finch
- Red Rail
- Red Satinbird
- Red Sea Cliff Swallow
- Red Shoveler
- Red Siskin
- Red Spurfowl
- Red Tanager
- Red Warbler
- Red Wattlebird
- Red-and-black Grosbeak
- Red-and-black Thrush
- Red-and-blue Lory
- Red-and-green Macaw
- Red-and-white Antpitta
- Red-and-white Crake
- Red-and-white Spinetail
- Red-and-yellow Barbet
- Red-backed Buttonquail
- Red-backed Fairywren
- Red-backed Flameback
- Red-backed Kingfisher
- Red-backed Mannikin
- Red-backed Mousebird
- Red-backed Shrike
- Red-backed Sierra Finch
- Red-backed Thrush
- Red-banded Flowerpecker
- Red-banded Fruiteater
- Red-bearded Bee-eater
- Red-bellied Fruit Dove
- Red-bellied Grackle
- Red-bellied Macaw
- Red-bellied Malimbe
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher
- Red-bellied Parrot
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-billed Blue Magpie
- Red-billed Brushturkey
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver
- Red-billed Chough
- Red-billed Curassow
- Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill
- Red-billed Emerald
- Red-billed Firefinch
- Red-billed Ground Cuckoo
- Red-billed Helmetshrike
- Red-billed Leiothrix
- Red-billed Malkoha
- Red-billed Oxpecker
- Red-billed Parrot
- Red-billed Partridge
- Red-billed Pied Tanager
- Red-billed Pigeon
- Red-billed Pytilia
- Red-billed Quelea
- Red-billed Scimitar Babbler
- Red-billed Scythebill
- Red-billed Spurfowl
- Red-billed Starling
- Red-billed Streamertail
- Red-billed Teal
- Red-billed Tropicbird
- Red-billed Tyrannulet
- Red-billed Woodcreeper
- Red-breasted Chat
- Red-breasted Coua
- Red-breasted Flycatcher
- Red-breasted Goose
- Red-breasted Meadowlark
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Red-breasted Paradise Kingfisher
- Red-breasted Parakeet
- Red-breasted Partridge
- Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot
- Red-breasted Sapsucker
- Red-breasted Swallow
- Red-breasted Wheatear
- Red-browed Amazon
- Red-browed Finch
- Red-browed Pardalote
- Red-browed Treecreeper
- Red-capped Cardinal
- Red-capped Coua
- Red-capped Crombec
- Red-capped Flowerpecker
- Red-capped Forest Warbler
- Red-capped Lark
- Red-capped Manakin
- Red-capped Myzomela
- Red-capped Parrot
- Red-capped Plover
- Red-capped Robin
- Red-capped Robin-chat
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
- Red-cheeked Parrot
- Red-cheeked Wattle-eye
- Red-chested Buttonquail
- Red-chested Cuckoo
- Red-chested Flufftail
- Red-chested Goshawk
- Red-chested Owlet
- Red-chested Sunbird
- Red-chested Swallow
- Red-chinned Lorikeet
- Red-cockaded Woodpecker
- Red-collared Babbler
- Red-collared Lorikeet
- Red-collared Myzomela
- Red-collared Widowbird
- Red-collared Woodpecker
- Red-cowled Cardinal
- Red-crested Cardinal
- Red-crested Cotinga
- Red-crested Korhaan
- Red-crested Pochard
- Red-crested Turaco
- Red-crowned Amazon
- Red-crowned Ant Tanager
- Red-crowned Barbet
- Red-crowned Crane
- Red-crowned Malimbe
- Red-crowned Parakeet
- Red-crowned Woodpecker
- Red-eared Firetail
- Red-eared Fruit Dove
- Red-eared Parrotfinch
- Red-eyed Dove
- Red-eyed Puffback
- Red-eyed Vireo
- Red-faced Barbet
- Red-faced Cisticola
- Red-faced Cormorant
- Red-faced Crimsonwing
- Red-faced Crombec
- Red-faced Guan
- Red-faced Liocichla
- Red-faced Malkoha
- Red-faced Mousebird
- Red-faced Parrot
- Red-faced Spinetail
- Red-faced Warbler
- Red-faced Woodland Warbler
- Red-fan Parrot
- Red-flanked Bluetail
- Red-flanked Lorikeet
- Red-footed Booby
- Red-footed Falcon
- Red-fronted Antpecker
- Red-fronted Barbet
- Red-fronted Coot
- Red-fronted Coua
- Red-fronted Lorikeet
- Red-fronted Macaw
- Red-fronted Parrot
- Red-fronted Parrotlet
- Red-fronted Prinia
- Red-fronted Rosefinch
- Red-fronted Serin
- Red-fronted Tinkerbird
- Red-gartered Coot
- Red-headed Barbet
- Red-headed Bluebill
- Red-headed Bullfinch
- Red-headed Bunting
- Red-headed Finch
- Red-headed Flameback
- Red-headed Lovebird
- Red-headed Malimbe
- Red-headed Manakin
- Red-headed Myzomela
- Red-headed Parrotfinch
- Red-headed Quelea
- Red-headed Tanager
- Red-headed Trogon
- Red-headed Vulture
- Red-headed Weaver
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Red-hooded Tanager
- Red-keeled Flowerpecker
- Red-kneed Dotterel
- Red-knobbed Coot
- Red-knobbed Imperial Pigeon
- Red-legged Cormorant
- Red-legged Crake
- Red-legged Honeycreeper
- Red-legged Kittiwake
- Red-legged Partridge
- Red-legged Seriema
- Red-legged Thrush
- Red-legged Tinamou
- Red-lored Amazon
- Red-lored Whistler
- Red-mantled Rosefinch
- Red-masked Parakeet
- Red-moustached Fruit Dove
- Red-naped Bushshrike
- Red-naped Fruit Dove
- Red-naped Ibis
- Red-naped Sapsucker
- Red-naped Trogon
- Red-necked Amazon
- Red-necked Aracari
- Red-necked Avocet
- Red-necked Buzzard
- Red-necked Crake
- Red-necked Falcon
- Red-necked Grebe
- Red-necked Nightjar
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Red-necked Spurfowl
- Red-necked Stint
- Red-necked Tanager
- Red-necked Woodpecker
- Red-pate Cisticola
- Red-ruffed Fruitcrow
- Red-rumped Bush Tyrant
- Red-rumped Cacique
- Red-rumped Parrot
- Red-rumped Swallow
- Red-rumped Tinkerbird
- Red-rumped Wheatear
- Red-rumped Woodpecker
- Red-shouldered Blackbird
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-shouldered Macaw
- Red-shouldered Spinetail
- Red-shouldered Tanager
- Red-shouldered Vanga
- Red-spectacled Amazon
- Red-stained Woodpecker
- Red-tailed Amazon
- Red-tailed Ant Thrush
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
- Red-tailed Bristlebill
- Red-tailed Comet
- Red-tailed Greenbul
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-tailed Laughingthrush
- Red-tailed Leaflove
- Red-tailed Minla
- Red-tailed Newtonia
- Red-tailed Shrike
- Red-tailed Tropicbird
- Red-tailed Vanga
- Red-tailed Wheatear
- Red-thighed Sparrowhawk
- Red-throated Alethe
- Red-throated Ant Tanager
- Red-throated Barbet
- Red-throated Bee-eater
- Red-throated Caracara
- Red-throated Cliff Swallow
- Red-throated Loon
- Red-throated Lorikeet
- Red-throated Parakeet
- Red-throated Parrotfinch
- Red-throated Piping Guan
- Red-throated Pipit
- Red-throated Sunbird
- Red-throated Thrush
- Red-throated Tit
- Red-throated Twinspot
- Red-throated Wryneck
- Red-vented Barbet
- Red-vented Bulbul
- Red-vented Cockatoo
- Red-vented Malimbe
- Red-vested Myzomela
- Red-wattled Lapwing
- Red-whiskered Bulbul
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Red-winged Fairywren
- Red-winged Francolin
- Red-winged Grey Warbler
- Red-winged Lark
- Red-winged Laughingthrush
- Red-winged Parrot
- Red-winged Prinia
- Red-winged Pytilia
- Red-winged Starling
- Red-winged Tinamou
- Red-winged Wood Rail
- Reddish Egret
- Reddish Hermit
- Reddish Scops Owl
- Reddish-winged Bare-eye
- Redhead
- Redthroat
- Redwing
- Reed Cormorant
- Reed Parrotbill
- Reeves’s Pheasant
- Regal Sunbird
- Regent Bowerbird
- Regent Honeyeater
- Regent Parrot
- Regent Whistler
- Reichard’s Seedeater
- Reichenbach’s Sunbird
- Reichenow’s Batis
- Reichenow’s Seedeater
- Reischek’s Parakeet
- Reiser’s Tyrannulet
- Relict Gull
- Rennell Fantail
- Rennell Parrot
- Rennell Shrikebill
- Rennell Starling
- Rennell Whistler
- Rennell White-eye
- Resplendent Quetzal
- Restinga Tyrannulet
- Restless Flycatcher
- Retz’s Helmetshrike
- Réunion Bulbul
- Réunion Cuckooshrike
- Réunion Grey White-eye
- Réunion Harrier
- Réunion Ibis
- Réunion Olive White-eye
- Réunion Stonechat
- Rhinoceros Auklet
- Rhinoceros Hornbill
- Ribbon-tailed Astrapia
- Richard’s Pipit
- Ridgetop Swiftlet
- Ridgway’s Hawk
- Ridgway’s Rail
- Rifleman
- Rimatara Reed Warbler
- Ring Ouzel
- Ring-billed Gull
- Ring-necked Dove
- Ring-necked Duck
- Ring-necked Francolin
- Ring-tailed Pigeon
- Ringed Antpipit
- Ringed Kingfisher
- Ringed Teal
- Ringed Warbling Finch
- Ringed Woodpecker
- Rinjani Scops Owl
- Rio Branco Antbird
- Rio De Janeiro Antbird
- Rio De Janeiro Antwren
- Rio Madeira Stipplethroat
- Rio Negro Gnatcatcher
- Río Orinoco Spinetail
- Rio Suno Antwren
- Riparian Antbird
- River Lapwing
- River Prinia
- River Tern
- River Tyrannulet
- River Warbler
- Riverbank Warbler
- Riverside Tyrant
- Riverside Wren
- Rivoli’s Hummingbird
- Roadside Hawk
- Roberts’s Warbler
- Robin Accentor
- Robust Woodpecker
- Rock Bunting
- Rock Bush Quail
- Rock Dove
- Rock Earthcreeper
- Rock Firefinch
- Rock Kestrel
- Rock Martin
- Rock Parrot
- Rock Partridge
- Rock Pratincole
- Rock Ptarmigan
- Rock Sandpiper
- Rock Shag
- Rock Sparrow
- Rock Tapaculo
- Rock Wren
- Rock-loving Cisticola
- Rockefeller’s Sunbird
- Rockrunner
- Rockwarbler
- Rodrigues Fody
- Rodrigues Night Heron
- Rodrigues Owl
- Rodrigues Parrot
- Rodrigues Pigeon
- Rodrigues Rail
- Rodrigues Solitaire
- Rodrigues Warbler
- Roll’s Partridge
- Romblon Hawk-owl
- Rondônia Bushbird
- Rondonia Warbling Antbird
- Rondonia Woodcreeper
- Rook
- Roraiman Antbird
- Roraiman Antwren
- Roraiman Barbtail
- Roraiman Flycatcher
- Roraiman Nightjar
- Roraiman Warbler
- Rose Robin
- Rose-bellied Bunting
- Rose-breasted Chat
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Rose-collared Piha
- Rose-crowned Fruit Dove
- Rose-crowned Parakeet
- Rose-faced Parrot
- Rose-fronted Parakeet
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Rose-throated Becard
- Rose-throated Tanager
- Roseate Spoonbill
- Roseate Tern
- Ross’s Goose
- Ross’s Gull
- Ross’s Turaco
- Rosy Bee-eater
- Rosy Minivet
- Rosy Pipit
- Rosy Starling
- Rosy Thrush-tanager
- Rosy-billed Pochard
- Rosy-faced Lovebird
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike
- Rosy-throated Longclaw
- Rota White-eye
- Rote Boobook
- Rote Leaf Warbler
- Rote Myzomela
- Rothschild’s Swift
- Rotuma Myzomela
- Rouget’s Rail
- Rough-crested Malkoha
- Rough-legged Buzzard
- Rough-legged Tyrannulet
- Round-tailed Manakin
- Roviana Rail
- Royal Cinclodes
- Royal Parrotfinch
- Royal Penguin
- Royal Spoonbill
- Royal Sunangel
- Royal Tern
- Ruaha Chat
- Rubeho Akalat
- Rubeho Forest Partridge
- Rubeho Warbler
- Ruby-cheeked Sunbird
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-crowned Tanager
- Ruby-throated Bulbul
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Ruby-throated Myzomela
- Ruby-topaz Hummingbird
- Rück’s Blue Flycatcher
- Rudd’s Apalis
- Rudd’s Lark
- Ruddy Crake
- Ruddy Cuckoo-dove
- Ruddy Duck
- Ruddy Foliage-gleaner
- Ruddy Ground Dove
- Ruddy Kingfisher
- Ruddy Pigeon
- Ruddy Quail-dove
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Ruddy Spinetail
- Ruddy Tody-flycatcher
- Ruddy Treerunner
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Ruddy Woodcreeper
- Ruddy-breasted Crake
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
- Ruddy-capped Nightingale-thrush
- Ruddy-headed Goose
- Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher
- Rufescent Antshrike
- Rufescent Darkeye
- Rufescent Imperial Pigeon
- Rufescent Prinia
- Rufescent Screech Owl
- Rufescent Tiger Heron
- Ruff
- Ruffed Grouse
- Rufous Antpitta
- Rufous Babbler
- Rufous Bristlebird
- Rufous Casiornis
- Rufous Chatterer
- Rufous Cisticola
- Rufous Coucal
- Rufous Crab Hawk
- Rufous Fantail
- Rufous Fieldwren
- Rufous Fishing Owl
- Rufous Flycatcher
- Rufous Gnateater
- Rufous Grasswren
- Rufous Hawk-cuckoo
- Rufous Hornbill
- Rufous Hornero
- Rufous Hummingbird
- Rufous Monarch
- Rufous Motmot
- Rufous Mourner
- Rufous Nightjar
- Rufous Owl
- Rufous Paradise Flycatcher
- Rufous Piculet
- Rufous Piha
- Rufous Potoo
- Rufous Sabrewing
- Rufous Scrubbird
- Rufous Shrikethrush
- Rufous Sibia
- Rufous Songlark
- Rufous Spinetail
- Rufous Treecreeper
- Rufous Treepie
- Rufous Twistwing
- Rufous Vanga
- Rufous Whistler
- Rufous Woodpecker
- Rufous Wren
- Rufous-and-white Wren
- Rufous-backed Antvireo
- Rufous-backed Fantail
- Rufous-backed Honeyeater
- Rufous-backed Inca Finch
- Rufous-backed Sibia
- Rufous-backed Stipplethroat
- Rufous-backed Thrush
- Rufous-backed Wren
- Rufous-banded Honeyeater
- Rufous-banded Miner
- Rufous-banded Owl
- Rufous-bellied Antwren
- Rufous-bellied Bush Tyrant
- Rufous-bellied Chachalaca
- Rufous-bellied Eagle
- Rufous-bellied Euphonia
- Rufous-bellied Helmetshrike
- Rufous-bellied Heron
- Rufous-bellied Kookaburra
- Rufous-bellied Mountain Tanager
- Rufous-bellied Nighthawk
- Rufous-bellied Niltava
- Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe
- Rufous-bellied Swallow
- Rufous-bellied Thrush
- Rufous-bellied Tit
- Rufous-bellied Triller
- Rufous-bellied Woodpecker
- Rufous-booted Racket-tail
- Rufous-breasted Accentor
- Rufous-breasted Antpitta
- Rufous-breasted Antthrush
- Rufous-breasted Bush Robin
- Rufous-breasted Chat-tyrant
- Rufous-breasted Flycatcher
- Rufous-breasted Hermit
- Rufous-breasted Leaftosser
- Rufous-breasted Piculet
- Rufous-breasted Sabrewing
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk
- Rufous-breasted Spinetail
- Rufous-breasted Warbling Finch
- Rufous-breasted Wood Quail
- Rufous-breasted Wren
- Rufous-browed Conebill
- Rufous-browed Flycatcher
- Rufous-browed Hemispingus
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike
- Rufous-browed Tyrannulet
- Rufous-browed Wren
- Rufous-brown Solitaire
- Rufous-capped Antshrike
- Rufous-capped Antthrush
- Rufous-capped Babbler
- Rufous-capped Brushfinch
- Rufous-capped Lark
- Rufous-capped Motmot
- Rufous-capped Nunlet
- Rufous-capped Spinetail
- Rufous-capped Thornbill
- Rufous-capped Warbler
- Rufous-cheeked Laughingthrush
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar
- Rufous-cheeked Tanager
- Rufous-chested Flycatcher
- Rufous-chested Plover
- Rufous-chested Tanager
- Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush
- Rufous-collared Kingfisher
- Rufous-collared Sparrow
- Rufous-collared Thrush
- Rufous-crested Coquette
- Rufous-crested Tanager
- Rufous-crowned Antpitta
- Rufous-crowned Babbler
- Rufous-crowned Elaenia
- Rufous-crowned Emu-wren
- Rufous-crowned Eremomela
- Rufous-crowned Greenlet
- Rufous-crowned Laughingthrush
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow
- Rufous-crowned Tody-flycatcher
- Rufous-eared Brushfinch
- Rufous-eared Warbler
- Rufous-faced Antbird
- Rufous-faced Antpitta
- Rufous-faced Crake
- Rufous-faced Warbler
- Rufous-fronted Antthrush
- Rufous-fronted Babbler
- Rufous-fronted Bushtit
- Rufous-fronted Laughingthrush
- Rufous-fronted Parakeet
- Rufous-fronted Prinia
- Rufous-fronted Tailorbird
- Rufous-fronted Thornbird
- Rufous-fronted Wood Quail
- Rufous-gaped Hillstar
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher
- Rufous-headed Chachalaca
- Rufous-headed Ground Roller
- Rufous-headed Parrotbill
- Rufous-headed Pygmy Tyrant
- Rufous-headed Robin
- Rufous-headed Tailorbird
- Rufous-headed Tanager
- Rufous-headed Woodpecker
- Rufous-legged Owl
- Rufous-lored Tyrannulet
- Rufous-naped Bellbird
- Rufous-naped Greenlet
- Rufous-naped Ground Tyrant
- Rufous-naped Lark
- Rufous-naped Tit
- Rufous-necked Foliage-gleaner
- Rufous-necked Hornbill
- Rufous-necked Laughingthrush
- Rufous-necked Puffbird
- Rufous-necked Snowfinch
- Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk
- Rufous-necked Wood Rail
- Rufous-rumped Antwren
- Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleaner
- Rufous-rumped Lark
- Rufous-rumped Seedeater
- Rufous-shafted Woodstar
- Rufous-sided Broadbill
- Rufous-sided Crake
- Rufous-sided Gerygone
- Rufous-sided Honeyeater
- Rufous-sided Pygmy Tyrant
- Rufous-sided Warbling Finch
- Rufous-tailed Antbird
- Rufous-tailed Antthrush
- Rufous-tailed Attila
- Rufous-tailed Babbler
- Rufous-tailed Fantail
- Rufous-tailed Flatbill
- Rufous-tailed Flycatcher
- Rufous-tailed Foliage-gleaner
- Rufous-tailed Hawk
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar
- Rufous-tailed Jungle Flycatcher
- Rufous-tailed Lark
- Rufous-tailed Palm Thrush
- Rufous-tailed Plantcutter
- Rufous-tailed Robin
- Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin
- Rufous-tailed Shama
- Rufous-tailed Stipplethroat
- Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
- Rufous-tailed Tyrant
- Rufous-tailed Weaver
- Rufous-tailed Xenops
- Rufous-thighed Hawk
- Rufous-thighed Kite
- Rufous-throated Antbird
- Rufous-throated Bronze Cuckoo
- Rufous-throated Dipper
- Rufous-throated Flycatcher
- Rufous-throated Fulvetta
- Rufous-throated Honeyeater
- Rufous-throated Partridge
- Rufous-throated Sapphire
- Rufous-throated Solitaire
- Rufous-throated Tanager
- Rufous-throated Wren-babbler
- Rufous-vented Chachalaca
- Rufous-vented Grass Babbler
- Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo
- Rufous-vented Laughingthrush
- Rufous-vented Niltava
- Rufous-vented Paradise Flycatcher
- Rufous-vented Tapaculo
- Rufous-vented Tit
- Rufous-vented Whitetip
- Rufous-vented Yuhina
- Rufous-webbed Brilliant
- Rufous-webbed Bush Tyrant
- Rufous-winged Antshrike
- Rufous-winged Antwren
- Rufous-winged Buzzard
- Rufous-winged Cisticola
- Rufous-winged Fulvetta
- Rufous-winged Ground Cuckoo
- Rufous-winged Illadopsis
- Rufous-winged Philentoma
- Rufous-winged Sparrow
- Rufous-winged Sunbird
- Rufous-winged Tanager
- Rufous-winged Tyrannulet
- Rufous-winged Woodpecker
- Running Coua
- Rüppell’s Black Chat
- Rüppell’s Korhaan
- Rüppell’s Parrot
- Rüppell’s Robin-chat
- Rüppell’s Starling
- Rüppell’s Vulture
- Rüppell’s Warbler
- Rüppell’s Weaver
- Ruspoli’s Turaco
- Russet Antshrike
- Russet Bush Warbler
- Russet Nightingale-thrush
- Russet Sparrow
- Russet-backed Jungle Flycatcher
- Russet-backed Oropendola
- Russet-bellied Spinetail
- Russet-capped Tesia
- Russet-crowned Crake
- Russet-crowned Motmot
- Russet-crowned Quail-dove
- Russet-crowned Warbler
- Russet-mantled Softtail
- Russet-naped Wood Rail
- Russet-tailed Thrush
- Russet-throated Puffbird
- Russet-winged Schiffornis
- Russet-winged Spadebill
- Rust-and-yellow Tanager
- Rustic Bunting
- Rusty Blackbird
- Rusty Bush Lark
- Rusty Flowerpiercer
- Rusty Laughingthrush
- Rusty Mouse-warbler
- Rusty Pitohui
- Rusty Sparrow
- Rusty Thicketbird
- Rusty Tinamou
- Rusty Whistler
- Rusty-backed Antwren
- Rusty-backed Monjita
- Rusty-backed Spinetail
- Rusty-barred Owl
- Rusty-bellied Brushfinch
- Rusty-bellied Shortwing
- Rusty-belted Tapaculo
- Rusty-breasted Antpitta
- Rusty-breasted Cuckoo
- Rusty-breasted Nunlet
- Rusty-breasted Whistler
- Rusty-breasted Wren-babbler
- Rusty-browed Warbling Finch
- Rusty-capped Fulvetta
- Rusty-capped Kingfisher
- Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler
- Rusty-collared Seedeater
- Rusty-crowned Babbler
- Rusty-crowned Ground Sparrow
- Rusty-crowned Tit-spinetail
- Rusty-faced Parrot
- Rusty-flanked Crake
- Rusty-flanked Treecreeper
- Rusty-fronted Barwing
- Rusty-fronted Canastero
- Rusty-fronted Tody-flycatcher
- Rusty-headed Spinetail
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher
- Rusty-margined Guan
- Rusty-naped Pitta
- Rusty-necked Piculet
- Rusty-tailed Flycatcher
- Rusty-throated Wren-babbler
- Rusty-tinged Antpitta
- Rusty-vented Canastero
- Rusty-winged Barbtail
- Rusty-winged Starling
- Rwenzori Apalis
- Rwenzori Batis
- Rwenzori Double-collared Sunbird
- Rwenzori Hill Babbler
- Rwenzori Turaco
- Ryukyu Minivet
- Ryukyu Robin
- Ryūkyū Scops Owl
- Ryukyu Wood Pigeon

Fun Facts about Birds That Start With R
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- Rachel’s Malimbe: A bright and colorful bird with a striking red head and black body. Found in Africa, it likes to weave intricate nests using grass and leaves. This friendly bird loves eating insects and fruits.
- Racket-tailed Coquette: A tiny hummingbird with a distinctive tail that looks like two racquets. Found in South America, it’s known for its dazzling green and copper feathers and its love for sipping nectar from flowers.
- Raiatea Parakeet: A cute parrot from French Polynesia with bright green feathers and a playful personality. It enjoys munching on fruits and seeds in the treetops.
- Rail-Babbler: A mysterious bird from Southeast Asia that looks like both a rail and a babbler! It has a long tail and brown feathers, and it loves hopping around forest floors.
- Raimondi’s Yellow Finch: A bright yellow bird from Peru that hops around the ground in search of seeds. Its cheerful chirping makes everyone smile.
- Rain Quail: A small quail from South Asia with striking black and white stripes. It loves to hide in tall grass and come out after rains to find insects and seeds.
- Rainbow Bee-eater: A colorful bird with rainbow-like feathers, it catches bees mid-air with its sharp beak. Found in Australia, it loves sunny days and sitting on branches.
- Rainbow Lorikeet: A playful parrot with rainbow-colored feathers. Native to Australia, it’s famous for its sweet tooth and often drinks nectar from flowers.
- Rainbow Pitta: A small bird from Australia with a bright green body and a black head. It loves hopping on the forest floor, looking for insects.
- Rarotonga Starling: A friendly bird from the Cook Islands with glossy black feathers. It sings sweet melodies while searching for insects in the trees.
- Raso Lark: Found only on a tiny island off Africa, this small brown bird is special because it can sing lovely songs all day long.
- Ratchet-tailed Treepie: A funny-looking bird with a long, curling tail. It lives in Southeast Asia and loves to chatter noisily while searching for insects and fruit.
- Rattling Cisticola: A small African bird with brown feathers and a love for singing. Its cheerful rattling call can be heard across the savannas.
- Razor-billed Curassow: A big, black bird from South America with a unique, curved beak. It loves to strut through the forest looking for fruits.
- Razorbill: A black-and-white seabird that looks a bit like a small penguin. It dives into the ocean to catch fish with its sharp beak.
- Recurve-billed Bushbird: A bird from Colombia with a funny curved beak. It uses its unique beak to search for insects in thick bushes.
- Red Avadavat: A tiny red bird from Asia, also called the strawberry finch. It loves to chirp sweetly while searching for seeds in grassy fields.
- Red Lark: Found in South Africa, this reddish-brown bird sings beautiful melodies while perched on bushes and rocks.
- Red Lory: A bright red parrot from Indonesia that enjoys flying from flower to flower, sipping nectar.
- Red Myzomela: A small red bird from the Pacific Islands that loves sipping nectar and darting around with its friends.
- Red Owl: A mysterious owl from Madagascar with reddish-orange feathers. It hides during the day and hunts insects and small animals at night.
- Red Warbler: A bright red bird from Mexico that flits around forests, singing happily and eating insects.
- Red Wattlebird: A chatty bird from Australia with a patch of red skin called a wattle on its neck. It drinks nectar and loves noisy parties with other birds.
- Red-and-black Grosbeak: A striking bird from South America with a bright red body and black wings. It uses its big beak to crack seeds and fruits.
- Red-and-black Thrush: A colorful bird from Indonesia that enjoys singing lovely tunes while hopping around in search of insects.
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher: This bird from Africa has a brilliant red belly and a long tail. It catches insects in mid-air like a superhero!
- Red-bellied Parrot: A parrot from Africa with a green body and bright red belly. It loves to munch on seeds and fruits while chattering happily.
- Red-bellied Woodpecker: A common woodpecker in North America with a red cap and striped back. It loves drumming on tree trunks to find insects.
- Red-billed Blue Magpie: A bird from Asia with a long tail, blue feathers, and a red beak. It chatters loudly while searching for fruits and insects.

- Red-billed Brushturkey: A funny-looking bird from Australia with a red head and big feet. It builds huge mounds to lay its eggs in!
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver: A social bird from Africa that builds big, messy nests in trees. It has a bright red beak and loves singing with friends.
- Red-billed Chough: A black bird with a bright red beak found in Europe and Asia. It performs cool acrobatics in the air and eats insects.
- Red-browed Amazon: A green parrot from Brazil with a red forehead and blue cheeks. It loves to chat and play while eating fruits.
- Red-browed Finch: A small Australian bird with a bright red stripe above its eyes. It chirps happily while hopping around in search of seeds.
- Red-browed Pardalote: An Australian bird with a red eyebrow and bright yellow chest. It sings sweet melodies while looking for insects in eucalyptus trees.
- Red-browed Treecreeper: An Australian bird that uses its strong claws to climb trees and find insects hiding in the bark.
- Red-capped Manakin: A small bird from Central and South America with a bright red head. It’s famous for its moonwalking dance moves to impress females!
- Red-capped Myzomela: A tiny bird from the Pacific Islands with a bright red cap. It flits around, sipping nectar from colorful flowers.
- Red-capped Parrot: An Australian parrot with a red head and long, slender beak. It loves munching on seeds in the treetops.
- Red-chested Buttonquail: A small, round bird from Australia with a reddish-brown chest. It hides in tall grass and comes out at dusk to find seeds.
- Red-chested Cuckoo: A bird from Africa known for its loud, repetitive calls. It has a reddish-brown chest and loves catching caterpillars.
- Red-collared Myzomela: A bright red bird from Indonesia that enjoys sipping nectar from flowers and chatting with friends.
- Red-collared Widowbird: A bird from Africa with a bright red collar and a long tail. The male shows off his tail to impress females.
- Red-collared Woodpecker: A colorful woodpecker from Southeast Asia with a bright red collar. It loves drumming on tree trunks to find insects.
- Red-crested Pochard: A duck from Europe and Asia with a bright red beak and a fluffy orange head. It dives underwater to find plants.
- Red-crested Turaco: A bird from Africa with a bright red crest and green feathers. It loves eating fruits and hops around treetops.
- Red-crowned Amazon: A parrot from Mexico with a red crown and a chatty personality. It loves cracking open seeds with its strong beak.
- Red-crowned Ant Tanager: A bird from Central and South America with a bright red head and a love for ants and other insects.
- Red-crowned Barbet: A bird from Southeast Asia with a colorful head and a thick beak. It drills holes in trees to find insects and fruits.
- Red-eyed Dove: A bird from Africa with red eyes and a soft cooing call. It loves perching in trees and searching for seeds on the ground.
- Red-eyed Puffback: A bird from Africa with bright red eyes and a habit of puffing up its feathers. It sings cheerfully while hunting insects.
- Red-eyed Vireo: A small songbird from North America with red eyes and a sweet voice. It sings from treetops while searching for insects.
- Red-faced Barbet: A bird from Africa with a bright red face and a love for fruits. It digs into trees to find insects hiding inside.
- Red-faced Cisticola: A small bird from Africa with a reddish face and a high-pitched call. It flits around grasslands looking for insects.
- Red-fronted Parrotlet: A small green parrot from South America with a bright red forehead. It loves flying in flocks and munching on fruits.
- Red-fronted Prinia: A small bird from Africa with a red forehead and a cheerful song. It hops around bushes to catch insects.
- Red-fronted Rosefinch: A bright red bird from the mountains of Asia that loves singing while hunting for seeds and berries.
- Red-fronted Serin: A small bird from Asia with a reddish-orange forehead and a sweet chirping call. It loves flying in flocks and munching on seeds.

- Red-fronted Tinkerbird: A tiny bird from Africa with a red forehead and a cheerful “tink-tink” call. It drills holes in trees to find insects.
- Red-kneed Dotterel: A bird from Australia with bright red knees and a habit of running across mudflats to catch insects.
- Red-knobbed Coot: A water bird from Europe and Africa with two red knobs on its head. It loves diving underwater to find plants.
- Red-knobbed Imperial Pigeon: A large pigeon from Southeast Asia with bright red knobs on its head. It coos softly while searching for fruits.
- Red-legged Cormorant: A seabird from South America with bright red legs and a long neck. It dives into the ocean to catch fish.
- Red-throated Lorikeet: A small parrot from the Pacific Islands with a bright red throat. It flits around treetops, sipping nectar from flowers.
- Red-throated Parakeet: A parrot from South America with a red throat and a love for flying in noisy flocks.
- Red-throated Parrotfinch: A small bird from the Pacific Islands with a bright red throat and a cheerful chirping song.
- Red-throated Piping Guan: A large bird from South America with a red throat and a habit of piping loudly from treetops.
- Red-winged Wood Rail: A bird from South America with reddish-brown wings and a loud call. It loves hopping around forests looking for insects.
- Reddish Egret: A heron from North America with reddish feathers and a funny dance it does to catch fish.
- Reddish Hermit: A tiny hummingbird from South America with reddish-brown feathers and a love for sipping nectar.
- Reddish Scops Owl: A small owl from Asia with reddish feathers that loves to hoot softly while hunting insects at night.
- Reddish-winged Bare-eye: A bird from South America with reddish-brown wings and a habit of hopping through the forest looking for ants.
- Reiser’s Tyrannulet: A small bird from South America with a cheerful chirping song and a love for catching insects in mid-air.
- Relict Gull: A gull from Asia with a striking black head and a love for fishing in lakes and rivers.
- Rennell Fantail: A bird from the Solomon Islands with a long, fan-like tail that it uses to catch insects mid-air.
- Rennell Parrot: A small parrot from the Solomon Islands with green feathers and a chatty personality.
- Rennell Shrikebill: A bird from the Solomon Islands with a large, curved beak that it uses to catch insects in trees.
- Rhinoceros Hornbill: A big bird from Southeast Asia with a horn-like structure on its beak. It loves fruits and lives high up in treetops.
- Ribbon-tailed Astrapia: A bird of paradise from New Guinea with a long, white ribbon-like tail and dazzling black-and-green feathers.
- Richard’s Pipit: A small bird from Asia with a cheerful chirping call and a love for hopping around fields to find insects.
- Ridgetop Swiftlet: A tiny bird from Indonesia that builds nests in high cliffs using its own saliva.
- Robin Accentor: A bird from Asia with a reddish-brown head and a sweet chirping call that echoes through the mountains.
- Robust Woodpecker: A big woodpecker from South America that loves drumming on tree trunks to find insects.
- Rock Bunting: A bird from Europe and Asia with a bright orange chest and a cheerful chirping song.
- Rock Bush Quail: A small bird from India that loves to hide in tall grass and come out to search for seeds.
- Rock Dove: Also known as the common pigeon, it’s found in cities all over the world and loves pecking at crumbs and seeds.
- Rock Earthcreeper: A bird from South America with strong claws that help it climb rocks and trees in search of insects.

- Rock Firefinch: A small red bird from Africa that hops around rocky fields looking for seeds and insects.
- Rock Kestrel: A bird of prey from Africa that loves soaring high and diving down to catch insects and small animals.
- Rondonia Woodcreeper: A bird from South America with a long beak that it uses to find insects hiding in tree bark.
- Rook: A clever black bird from Europe and Asia that uses sticks and stones to find food and build nests.
- Roraiman Antbird: A bird from South America that hops through dense forests looking for ants and other insects.
- Roraiman Antwren: A small bird from South America with a cheerful song and a love for catching insects in mid-air.
- Roraiman Barbtail: A bird from South America with a long tail that helps it climb trees to find insects.
- Rose-throated Tanager: A bird from Central America with a bright red throat and a love for singing from treetops.
- Roseate Spoonbill: A big pink bird with a spoon-shaped beak that it uses to catch fish in shallow waters.
- Roseate Tern: A seabird with a sleek, white body and a love for diving into the ocean to catch fish.
- Ross’s Goose: A small white goose from North America that migrates in large flocks to find food in wetlands.
- Ross’s Gull: A pretty pink gull from the Arctic that loves fishing in icy waters.
- Ross’s Turaco: A bird from Africa with bright green feathers and a love for hopping around treetops looking for fruits.
- Rosy Pipit: A bird from Asia with rosy-pink feathers and a sweet chirping song that echoes through the mountains.
- Rosy Starling: A bird from Europe and Asia with rosy-pink feathers and a habit of singing noisily with friends.
- Rosy Thrush-tanager: A bird from South America with a rosy-pink body and a love for hopping around the forest floor.
- Rosy-billed Pochard: A duck from South America with a bright red beak and a love for diving underwater to find plants.
- Rosy-faced Lovebird: A small parrot from Africa with a rosy-pink face and a chatty personality.
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike: A bird from Africa with rosy-pink patches on its chest and a habit of singing sweet songs from the bushes.
- Royal Parrotfinch: A colorful bird from the Pacific Islands with bright green and red feathers that loves to munch on seeds.
- Royal Penguin: A funny-looking penguin from Antarctica with a bright yellow crest that loves to waddle and swim.
- Royal Spoonbill: A bird from Australia with a spoon-shaped beak that it uses to catch fish in shallow waters.
- Royal Sunangel: A tiny hummingbird from South America with dazzling purple feathers and a love for sipping nectar.
- Royal Tern: A seabird with a sleek, white body and a love for diving into the ocean to catch fish.
- Ruaha Chat: A bird from Africa with a cheerful song and a love for hopping around rocky fields in search of insects.
- Rubeho Forest Partridge: A bird from Tanzania with a unique call and a habit of hiding in dense forests.
- Rubeho Warbler: A small bird from Tanzania with a sweet chirping song and a love for catching insects in trees.
- Ruby-cheeked Sunbird: A bird from Southeast Asia with ruby-red cheeks and a long beak for sipping nectar from flowers.
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet: A tiny bird from North America with a bright red crown and a love for hopping around trees looking for insects.

- Rück’s Blue Flycatcher: A small blue bird from Indonesia with a sweet chirping song and a love for catching insects in mid-air.
- Rudd’s Apalis: A small bird from Africa with a cheerful song and a habit of hopping around bushes in search of insects.
- Rudd’s Lark: A bird from Africa with a love for singing and hopping around grasslands to find seeds.
- Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher: A small bird from South America with a bright ruddy-red tail and a love for catching insects mid-air.
- Rufescent Antshrike: A bird from South America with reddish-brown feathers and a habit of hopping around forests looking for ants.
- Rufescent Darkeye: A bird from Indonesia with bright red eyes and a love for singing sweet melodies while hunting insects.
- Ruff: A wading bird from Europe and Asia with a funny-looking ruffled collar. The male performs an elaborate dance to impress females.
- Ruffed Grouse: A bird from North America with a fancy ruff of feathers around its neck. It loves drumming its wings to make a cool sound.
- Rufous Antpitta: A small bird from South America with rufous-red feathers and a habit of hopping around the forest floor looking for insects.
- Rufous Gnateater: A bird from South America with reddish-brown feathers that loves hopping through forests looking for ants.
- Rufous Grasswren: A bird from Australia with reddish-brown feathers that loves singing sweet songs while hopping around grasslands.
- Rufous Hawk-cuckoo: A bird from Asia with rufous-red feathers and a habit of laying its eggs in other birds’ nests!
- Rufous-backed Stipplethroat: A bird from South America with reddish-brown feathers and a cheerful song that echoes through forests.
- Rufous-backed Thrush: A bird from South America with a bright rufous-red back and a sweet chirping song.
- Rufous-backed Wren: A bird from Mexico with a rufous-red back and a love for singing sweet songs while hopping around bushes.
- Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe: A bird from South America with a rufous-red belly that loves hopping around high mountains looking for seeds.
- Rufous-bellied Swallow: A small bird from South America with a bright rufous-red belly and a love for catching insects mid-air.
- Rufous-bellied Thrush: A bird from South America with a bright rufous-red belly and a sweet chirping song.
- Rufous-breasted Piculet: A tiny woodpecker from South America with a bright rufous-red chest and a love for drumming on tree branches.
- Rufous-breasted Sabrewing: A hummingbird from South America with a bright rufous-red chest and a love for sipping nectar.
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk: A bird of prey from Africa with a bright rufous-red chest and a habit of soaring high to catch small birds.
- Rufous-browed Hemispingus: A bird from South America with a rufous-brown eyebrow and a sweet chirping call.
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike: A bird from Central and South America with a rufous-brown eyebrow and a love for singing from treetops.
- Rufous-brown Solitaire: A bird from Central America with rufous-brown feathers and a habit of singing lovely tunes while hopping through forests.
- Rufous-capped Antshrike: A bird from South America with a rufous-red cap and a love for hopping through forests looking for ants.
- Rufous-capped Antthrush: A bird from South America with a rufous-red cap and a habit of hopping around the forest floor looking for insects.
- Rufous-capped Thornbill: A hummingbird from South America with a bright rufous-red cap and a love for sipping nectar from flowers.
- Rufous-capped Warbler: A bird from Central America with a rufous-red cap and a cheerful song that echoes through the forests.
- Rufous-chested Tanager: A bird from South America with a bright rufous-red chest and a love for singing from treetops.
- Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush: A bird from Asia with a rufous-brown chin and a cheerful laughing call.

- Rufous-collared Kingfisher: A bird from Southeast Asia with a bright rufous-red collar and a habit of diving into rivers to catch fish.
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow: A bird from North and Central America with a bright rufous-red crown and a love for hopping around bushes.
- Rufous-crowned Tody-flycatcher: A tiny bird from South America with a rufous-red crown and a habit of catching insects in mid-air.
- Rufous-eared Brushfinch: A bird from South America with rufous-brown ears and a cheerful chirping song.
- Rufous-eared Warbler: A small bird from Africa with rufous-brown ears and a habit of hopping around bushes looking for insects.
- Rufous-faced Antbird: A bird from South America with a bright rufous-red face and a habit of hopping through forests looking for ants.
- Rufous-fronted Tailorbird: A tiny bird from Southeast Asia with a rufous-red forehead and a habit of sewing leaves together to make a nest!
- Rufous-fronted Thornbird: A bird from South America with a rufous-red forehead and a habit of building big, thorny nests.
- Rufous-fronted Wood Quail: A bird from South America with a rufous-red forehead and a love for hopping through forests looking for seeds.
- Rufous-gaped Hillstar: A hummingbird from South America with a bright rufous-red throat and a love for sipping nectar.
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher: A small bird from Asia with a bright rufous-red throat and a habit of catching insects in mid-air.
- Rufous-headed Tailorbird: A tiny bird from Southeast Asia with a bright rufous-red head and a habit of sewing leaves together to make a nest!
- Rufous-headed Tanager: A bird from South America with a bright rufous-red head and a love for singing from treetops.
- Rufous-headed Woodpecker: A woodpecker from South America with a bright rufous-red head and a habit of drumming on tree trunks.
- Rufous-legged Owl: An owl from South America with rufous-brown legs that loves hunting insects at night.
- Rufous-necked Foliage-gleaner: A bird from South America with a bright rufous-red neck and a habit of searching through leaves to find insects.
- Rufous-necked Hornbill: A big bird from Asia with a bright rufous-red neck and a love for hopping through treetops looking for fruits.
- Rufous-necked Laughingthrush: A bird from Asia with a bright rufous-red neck and a cheerful laughing call.
- Rufous-rumped Seedeater: A bird from South America with a bright rufous-red rump and a love for munching on seeds.
- Rufous-shafted Woodstar: A tiny hummingbird from South America with rufous-red feathers that loves sipping nectar from flowers.
- Rufous-sided Broadbill: A bird from Africa with a rufous-red side and a habit of hopping through forests looking for insects.
- Rufous-sided Pygmy Tyrant: A tiny bird from South America with rufous-red sides and a habit of catching insects in mid-air.
- Rufous-sided Warbling Finch: A bird from South America with rufous-red sides and a cheerful chirping song.
- Rufous-tailed Antbird: A bird from South America with a rufous-red tail and a habit of hopping through forests looking for ants.
- Rufous-tailed Antthrush: A bird from South America with a bright rufous-red tail and a love for hopping around forest floors.
- Rufous-thighed Kite: A bird of prey from South America with rufous-red thighs and a habit of soaring high to catch small birds.
- Rufous-throated Antbird: A bird from South America with a bright rufous-red throat and a love for hopping through forests looking for ants.
- Rufous-throated Bronze Cuckoo: A bird from Australia with a bright rufous-red throat and a habit of laying its eggs in other birds’ nests!
- Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo: A bird from South America with a rufous-red belly that loves hopping through forests looking for insects.

- Rufous-vented Laughingthrush: A bird from Asia with a rufous-red belly and a cheerful laughing call.
- Rufous-vented Niltava: A bird from Asia with a bright rufous-red belly and a habit of singing sweet songs from treetops.
- Rufous-winged Buzzard: A bird of prey from Asia with rufous-red wings and a habit of soaring high to catch small animals.
- Rufous-winged Cisticola: A small bird from Africa with rufous-red wings and a cheerful chirping song.
- Rufous-winged Fulvetta: A bird from Asia with bright rufous-red wings and a habit of hopping through bushes looking for insects.
- Running Coua: A bird from Madagascar with long legs that it uses to run quickly across the forest floor.
- Rüppell’s Warbler: A bird from Europe and Asia with bright black-and-white feathers and a sweet chirping call.
- Rüppell’s Weaver: A bird from Africa with bright yellow feathers and a habit of weaving intricate nests.
- Russet-bellied Spinetail: A bird from South America with a russet-brown belly and a love for hopping through forests looking for insects.
- Russet-capped Tesia: A tiny bird from Asia with a russet-brown cap and a habit of hopping through bushes in search of insects.
- Russet-crowned Crake: A bird from South America with a russet-brown crown that loves hopping through tall grass looking for insects.
- Rustic Bunting: A bird from Asia with a bright russet-red head and a sweet chirping song.
- Rusty Blackbird: A bird from North America with rusty-brown feathers and a habit of hopping through forests looking for insects.
- Rusty Bush Lark: A bird from Africa with rusty-brown feathers and a love for singing cheerful songs.
- Rusty Whistler: A bird from Indonesia with rusty-brown feathers and a habit of singing beautiful melodies.
- Rusty-backed Antwren: A bird from South America with rusty-brown feathers that loves hopping through forests looking for ants.
- Rusty-backed Monjita: A bird from South America with rusty-brown feathers and a love for singing cheerful songs.
- Rusty-backed Spinetail: A bird from South America with rusty-brown feathers and a habit of hopping through forests looking for insects.
- Rusty-breasted Wren-babbler: A tiny bird from Asia with rusty-brown feathers that loves hopping through bushes looking for insects.
- Rusty-browed Warbling Finch: A bird from South America with rusty-brown feathers and a cheerful chirping song.
- Rusty-capped Fulvetta: A bird from Asia with a rusty-brown cap and a habit of hopping through bushes looking for insects.
- Rusty-flanked Crake: A bird from South America with rusty-brown feathers that loves hopping through tall grass looking for insects.
- Rusty-flanked Treecreeper: A bird from Asia with rusty-brown feathers and strong claws that help it climb trees.
- Rusty-fronted Barwing: A bird from Asia with bright rusty-brown feathers and a cheerful chirping call.
- Rusty-throated Wren-babbler: A tiny bird from Asia with rusty-brown feathers and a love for hopping through bushes looking for insects.
- Rusty-tinged Antpitta: A bird from South America with rusty-brown feathers that loves hopping through forests looking for insects.
- Rusty-vented Canastero: A bird from South America with rusty-brown feathers and a habit of hopping through bushes looking for insects.
- Rwenzori Batis: A bird from Africa with bright black-and-white feathers and a cheerful chirping song.
- Rwenzori Double-collared Sunbird: A bird from Africa with bright green feathers and a love for sipping nectar from flowers.
- Ryukyu Robin: A bird from Japan with bright orange feathers and a sweet chirping song.
- Ryūkyū Scops Owl: A small owl from Japan with a soft hooting call that loves hunting insects at night.
- Ryukyu Wood Pigeon: A pigeon from Japan with glossy purple feathers and a love for perching in treetops.
