British Birds A to Z by Common Name

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Title	Scientific Name	Description
Raven	Corvus corax	The Raven is the U.K.s largest crow and is about the same siza as a Buzzard. They have thick necks with a beard of shaggy throat feathers, which are clearly evident when calling. They also have a...
Razorbill	Alca torda
Red Grouse	Lagopus lagopus	A plump medium-sized gamebird with a short tail and slightly down-turned bill. The male is a reddish-brown colour with pale grey feathers covering the legs. The female is a dustier grey-brown colour...
Red Kite	Milvus milvus	A large graceful bird of prey. Whitish/grey streakish head, Rufous body, long wings with white 'window', deeply forked tail, used like a rudder in flight. Soars and glides with slightly arched...
Red-backed Shrike	Lanius collurio
Red-breasted Merganser	Mergus serrator
Red-legged Partridge	Alectoris rufa
Red-necked Grebe	Podiceps grisegena
Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus
Red-throated Diver	Gavia stellata
Redshank	Tringa totanus	A long, slender bird with distinctive red legs and orange-red bill with black tip. The colouring of the adult birds can vary during the summer months depending on their habitat, with those in the...
Redstart	Phoenicurus phoenicurus	Redstarts are very similar in size to the Robin but have a longer tail that constantly quivers up and down. Their tail and rump are bright orange/red with the central tail feathers being brown. They...
Redwing	Turdus iliacus	The Redwing is slightly smaller than a song or mistle thrush with a characteristic pale stripe above the eye and another, less pronounced one below the cheek. The spots on the undesides are very...
Reed Bunting	Emberiza schoeniclus
Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Ring Ouzel	Turdus torquatus	These birds are slightly smaller and slimmer than a blackbird - male ring ouzels are particularly distinctive with their black plumage with a pale wing panel and striking white breast band. They tend...
Ring-necked Parakeet	Psittacula krameri
Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula
Robin	Erithacus rubecula	Orange-red face throat and breast.Brown upperparts bordered with grey and a black beady eye.Juvenile same shape as the adult but has speckled plumage for camouflage when leaving the nest.In...
Rock Dove	Columba livia
Rock Pipit	Anthus petrosus
Rook	Corvus frugilegus	About the same size as a carrion crow but is more untidy in it's appearance and has a thinner beak and a peaked head.
Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii
Rough-legged Buzzard	Buteo lagopus
Ruddy Duck	Oxyura jamaicensis
Ruff	Philomachus pugnax