Old World Flycatchers in Belgium
Our list for Belgium has 10 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 6 summer visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Belgium in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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