Old World Flycatchers in Austria
Our list for Austria has 11 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 8 summer visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Austria in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
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
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