Old World Flycatchers in Albania
Our list for Albania has 12 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors, 6 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Albania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 12, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaScarceUncommon13–14 cm
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Jul
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Stonechat 12–13 cm
- European Pied Flycatcher 12–14 cm
- Whinchat 12–14 cm
- European Robin 13–14 cm
- Bluethroat 13–14 cm
- Black Redstart 13–15 cm
- Common Redstart 13–15 cm
- Spotted Flycatcher 14–16 cm
- Wheatear 15–16 cm
- Nightingale 15–17 cm
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush 16–19 cm
- Blue Rock-thrush 21–23 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made