Old World Flycatchers in Cyprus
Our list for Cyprus has 13 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor, 5 winter visitors and 7 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Cyprus in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 13, most common first
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–May
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
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
- Hooded Wheatear 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