Old World Flycatchers in Algeria
Our list for Algeria has 12 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor, 3 winter visitors, 7 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Algeria in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 12, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusPassage migrantCommon21–23 cmRegularly Dec–Jun
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Jun
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaScarceUncommon13–14 cm
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