Old World Flycatchers in China
Our list for China has 12 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 6 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in China in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 12, most common first
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaResidentUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- European Robin 13–14 cm
- Red-flanked Bluetail 13–14 cm
- Plumbeous Water-redstart 12–15 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
- White-tailed Robin 16–18 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